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Travel Photos: Barrier Lake & The Prairie View Trail

Last weekend we didn’t have a lot of time for hiking but we still wanted to get out and explore – so off we headed to the Kananaskis area since it’s a little closer to Calgary than Banff. After a talk with the ranger at the info center we elected to hike the 15.4 kilometer [...]

October 26, 2011 / 19 Comments / Read More

Seeing Green: A Day Hike to Whyte Lake in West Vancouver

A day hike to Whyte Lake in West Vancouver is a great 1-2 hour outing. It’s a moderately difficult hike that can be done at any time of the year. The Whyte Lake trail takes you through beautiful old growth forest. Often I’ve heard the wrens singing away and on one occasion spotted a barred [...]

October 24, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

Falling in Love With The Sidewalk Citizen Bakery, Calgary

I love great bread and any of those carbohydrate loaded treats so many avoid – muffins, scones, sticky buns. You name it. I’ll eat it. But it has to be really good. I hate to waste the calories on junk. On my second weekend in Calgary I happened upon the Janice Beaton Fine Cheese store on 17th [...]

October 28, 2011 / 9 Comments / Read More

A Hike to a Real Singing Lake

Yesterday’s hike to Lillian Lake in Kananaskis Country was a visual and surprisingly, an auditory treat. It seems that Lillian Lake in the Kananaskis area, under the perfect storm of circumstances is really a singing lake. Let me explain. We arrived at Lillian Lake about noon yesterday – I’ll get to the route in a [...]

October 17, 2011 / 4 Comments / Read More
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