We had no longer returned from our holiday in Europe, when we embarked upon a two day adventure to the Assiniboine Lodge, located about 25 km southwest of Canmore. To reach our destination we drove down to Mt. Shark and took the 8 minute helicopter flight into the Lodge. That’s one of only two ways…
Prairie View Hike
I went on a hike today in Kananaskis Country with the Meanderthals, the Canmore Seniors Association hiking club. This week’s hike was a fourteen kilometre loop along the Prairie View Trail to the Barrier Lake Fire Lookout, returning to Barrier Lake via the Jewell Pass Trail. Along the way we were exposed to great views in…
Evening Drive in Banff NP
One of our favourite activities on a summer evening is a drive along Highway 1A in Banff National Park.This scenic road parallels the Trans Canada Highway between Banff and Lake Louise, a much quieter and more interesting road. We always enjoy the scenery and sometimes, like today we see some wildlife. Today’s first encounter was…
Misty May
We get most of our annual rainfall in May and June. That can be a bit tiresome at times, but it does produce some nice photographic opportunities when the low lying clouds envelope the mountain tops. Often, when the clouds disperse, we’ll see a fresh mantle of snow left behind. Not enduring snow but it’s…
Bow River Sunrise
Joined by my friend and fellow photographer, Stu Hamilton I returned to a favourite location for some early morning picture taking. This site is in the town of Canmore, on the north bank of the Bow River. It offers in my opinion, the best view of Canmore’s iconic Three Sisters. I’ll begin today’s post with…