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Premier Lake

A view of Premier Lake in the Canadian Rockies. I went with my parents here when I was younger and did some canoeing. What brought us here this month was a hike,

Jasper Townsite: Walking down memory lane

What's up Peeps! In the last post, I mentioned a critically fast evolving situation with 2 fires encroaching on populated areas in the town Jasper that triggered

#MONOMAD Challenge Pictorial of the Cold Sulphur Spring Alberta Canada

#MONOMAD Challenge Cold Sulphur Spring Near Jasper Provincial Park The Cold Sulphur Spring is a natural geological feature located near Jasper Provincial Park in

Jasper National Park: A fall fungi hike around Maligne Lake

What's up Peeps! Well I thought I would break up my proverbial Hive tradeslady work week new potential book project and have a proverbial week-end get away. Of course

Sunny Saturday hike

Mac and I took a hike since super nice day after cold front moves through Rockies. 49 degrees and sunny take that any day this time of year. Posted using SoMee

snow capped mountains

First super clear day and looking out seeing the mountains all snow capped today. Pretty sight to see the Rockies like this on a clear day. Enjoy your hump day !

good cup of coffee

Dreary Tuesday in the Rockies with overcast haze all day. Good strong cup of coffee to try cut through the haze to get going today. Posted using SoMee

Wine Time

Long day prepping for cold front coming in tomorrow to the Rockies. Now it is time for Wine. Good cold glass of Sav Blanc from Chile. See ya on hump day ! Posted

Medicine Lake: Mystery of the vanishing lake

What's up Peeps, ready for a hike? A forest fire tore thru this region of Maligne Lake Road in July of 2015. The charred sticks are still there as they decompose

Independence Mining Ghost Town

In the last Colorado post, I showed you the scenic high-altitude Highway 82. On the same highway, a bit towards Aspen is a forgotten mining town, now called Independence

The Reason I Missed The CryptoManiacs Tonight...

Long story short.... I had 7 hours to get to a place that takes 7 hours to get to lol This is my new normal for better or for worse, where the 'trucking life' means

Mouth of a Glacier - The Best Summer HIKE Possible 📷

I've never had better hikes in the summer than ones where you finally achieve getting to a glacier. The cool refreshing ice and views is one of the most awe inspiring

One Amazing Ridge, Endless Vistas📷

There is nothing like spending a day in the peaks with friends and with surrounding glaciers and alpine peaks. I long for summer peaks again, its been a VERY LONG

Colorado Avalanche take on the ST. Louis Blues game 6 Stanley cup playoffs

The Colorado Avalanche are on the road tonight as they take on the ST. Louis Blues in game 6 of the second round of the Stanley cup playoffs. The Avalanche lead

Colorado Rockies take on the ST. Louis Blues game 5 Stanley cup playoffs

The Colorado Rockies Host the ST. Louis Blues in game 5 of the second round of the Stanley cup playoffs tonight at 6 p.m. mountain time, 8 p.m. eastern time. The

Mountain Thrusts in the Alps and Elsewhere

Earth in Upheaval Revisited – Part 24 ~ Part 1 ~ Glarus Overthrust, Switzerland Chapter VI of Immanuel Velikovsky’s Earth in Upheaval is called Mountains and Rifts.

Summer Alpine Flowers in the Rockies

Taken during my first solo sunrise hike while on a road trip to CO/WY. Getting to the summit of Byers Peak and having it all to myself was a very refreshing and

Summer Alpine Flowers in the Rockies

Highway 16 through the mountains

Everyone knows how stunning the Rockies are and I was lucky to be travelling through on a late fall day in stunning weather. I had to stop along the highway and

Skiing the Spine of the Canadian Rockies - Part 1 Icefield Parkway to Peyto Hut

The Wapta Traverse is a 70km ski from Peyto Lake in the north to Sherbrook lake in the south Peyto Lake is a classic scene for landscape photographers however for