Category: Alberta

I’m trying hard to slow down when I travel but so often that just isn’t possible. I have two options – to see something quickly and superficially, or to not see it at all. I was up 2 hours before the 08:34 sunrise on Wednesday in order to maximize...

I’m back home in Whitehorse now, but would like to show you the past few days in southern Alberta and British columbia, including a particularly wonderful 24 hours in the Rockies. Last Monday I went into Calgary with my daughter, to drop my grand-daughters off at school. This was...

I’m now on Day 5 of a trip to see family members in southern British Columbia and Alberta. I haven’t taken very many photos (185 so far, 70 of them in a single car museum 🙂 ) but I’ll show you some of the places I’ve been. This was...

After a very eventful few days, we’re back home in Whitehorse. I headed back to work last night, 15 minutes after arriving home, Cathy’s back at it in a few minutes. Ah, reality….. We had a lazy morning in Regina on Wednesday, so did a bit of touristing, over...

I left Calgary on the morning of June 12th and am now in Kelowna for 4 days visiting a sister and her hubby, my parents, and a friend from high school. My first stop was Cochrane, which not that many years ago looked like the cattle ranching and petroleum...

Today was a fun day in town. We dropped the girls off at school and went shopping 🙂 There are a whole lot of things that Whitehorse does very well, but although shopping is a world better than it was a decade ago, it’s still pretty dismal. On our...

I couldn’t live on the Prairies, but I do enjoy visiting. Boring at first glance perhaps, but particularly if you get off on the back roads, there’s a grandness that is very powerful, and there are photo ops everywhere. We made a quick trip out to Drumheller and back...

My plan yesterday was to reach my daughter’s in Airdrie (a few miles north of Calgary) by noon, so I was away from the Mount Robson Inn at 05:30. The last time I was on the Icefields Parkway was about 1970, so all I really knew about it was...

I’m in Jasper, about to get ready to leave for Calgary, via the Icefields Parkway. This is a bit of a detour but I haven’t been on the Parkway in over 30 years, so it’s time for a look-see. Yesterday was a long day and I arrived here exhausted...

Calgary Transit has just approved an advertising campaign that will put signs on the sides of city buses that read: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Of course, there are those who are offended (probably the same people who post and/or announce their...