Banff’s Cave and Basin is the birthplace of Canada’s national park system. In 1883 three railway workers, brothers William and Tom McCardell and their partner Frank McCabe, “discovered” the cave and basin on the lower […]
Summer is the time for festivals. They have become a staple of our warmest months and provide opportunities to connect with many like-minded individuals. There are numerous possibilities that exist to suit your own unique […]
As a kid growing up in Saskatchewan I have fond memories of watching thunderstorms rolling across the prairie landscape. Summers were hot and humid, ideal conditions for creating these massive storm cells that you could […]
Photography has long been a passion of mine. The ability to capture a single moment in time simply with the push of a button is pretty incredible. Technology is always changing the way we shoot […]
This post is dedicated to the favourite winter pastime of skiing in Alberta. We’re all pretty familiar with the province’s most popular resorts, but even I was surprised to learn of places such as Buffalo […]
If you haven’t realized it by now I enjoy exploring old frontier forts that are scattered across western Canada. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Fort Whoop-Up in Lethbridge, Fort Normandeau near Red Deer, and Fort Calgary in its namesake […]
Entering the Drumheller Valley is like landing on the surface of another planet. The shortgrass prairie and farmland gives way to an alien landscape filled with bizarre rock formations, dry, sunburnt soil, and a host […]
In an otherwise feature-less field, just south of Calgary’s sprawling metropolis, sits an object so out of place from the rest of its surroundings it’s almost as though it was dropped from the sky. The […]
Writing-On-Stone is a provincial park in the southeast corner of Alberta near the Montana border. Vast open prairies meet endless sky before giving way to an otherworldly landscape in the Milk River Valley. The area […]
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more that what we could learn from books.” ~John Lubbock When asked about […]
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