I haven’t been on any major photo excursions since returning to Arizona early last month. But I have taken a few pictures and today I’ve chosen to share a few with you. There is no particular theme, they’re simply an assortment of shots I’ve taken that appeal to me. This first picture features a house…
Category: Water
Milky Way at Chain Lakes
This is my third post about the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The descriptor “milky” is derived from the galaxy’s appearance from Earth: a band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. On this occasion, I was accompanied by Harv Emter, friend,…
Holiday Road
We recently hosted a large contingent of family members, visiting us in celebration of my wife Rolande’s birthday. Decorum and survival dictate that I do not reveal which birthday. Let’s say it was a “meaningful milestone” and leave it at that. Visitors came from far afield including Florida, Louisiana, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. It…
Trek to Burstall Pass
This week I participated in a hike to Burstall Pass, located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, about 45 km south of Canmore. I met my group at the trailhead, just off the Smith-Dorrien Highway at 9:30 am and soon after we set off to our destination. Burstall Pass is one of more than 1,000 named…
Scenes from Yoho NP
This past week I ventured west with a cadre of great photographers for a photo excursion to Yoho National Park, about an hour and 15 minutes from home in Canmore. There were five of us including Bob Bear, Stew Hamilton, Hugh Williamson and Sal LoVecchio, all intent on capturing some great scenes from this beautiful…