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Hiking Packing List: Essential Hiking Gear for Any Hike

March 17, 2023 10 Comments »

hiking packing list

There are many kinds of hiking – day hikes, multi-day hikes, long-distance hiking, circuit hiking, pilgrimages, hut-to-hut hikes, bushwalking, thru-hikes, and more. I’ve done and enjoyed them all. Over the years, I’ve gotten a lot of practice at packing the perfect hiking gear for the specific hike I’ve got planned. Now I’ve finally put all […]

The Story of Two Sisters Canmore and Banff

April 16, 2015 8 Comments »

Canmore three sisters

While going through the yoga teacher’s morning sun salutations I slowly rolled up into a standing position one vertebrae at a time as she instructed, and there they were, the three sisters beautifully framed in the giant window at Elevation Place in Canmore. I love yoga – but it was those peaks that brought a […]

See Snow Differently

January 23, 2015 15 Comments »

Canadian Rocky Mountains

I’m not a huge fan of winter. Maybe that’s because I grew up in the middle of Illinois where it was cold all winter but we only got a big snowstorm a few times a season. It was just blah – gray, drab, and cold. It’s the kind of winter where you really can’t do […]

Pioneering the Scenic Rim Trail

July 10, 2014 10 Comments »

hiking Queensland

I waited at the edge of the road as the big truck passed by in low gear slowly climbing up Cunningham Gap otherwise known as Highway 15 in Queensland. I thought about what this pass would have looked like 186 years ago when explorer Allan Cunningham discovered it in 1828. After multiple attempts, he discovered […]

Winter Safari in Jasper National Park

February 13, 2014 13 Comments »

  Just when I was about to give up – I saw the coyote along the side of the snow-covered road. It turned and looked at us. Assessing our big vehicle determining friend or foe? Friend was the answer as it turned away and didn’t seem to care in the least that a big white […]

Week In-stagram Review Jasper in January

January 24, 2014 8 Comments »

Pyramid Lake Lodge Jasper

Each week brings some new scenery and location for me – that’s just the way I like it. If you want to follow where I am real time – then on Friday I will post some of my Instagram photos from the current week. Some weeks I may be traveling somewhere exotic, and some weeks […]

Hiking in Yoho Park

November 8, 2013 7 Comments »

Calgary was surprisingly flat and barren. As we drove away from the airport it felt like a modern Ulaanbaatar – the steppe – no trees and rolling hills with tons of subdivisions. This wasn’t at all what I was expecting when I thought of traveling to the Canadian Rockies. But Peter assured me that the […]

Week In-stagram Review

August 30, 2013 11 Comments »

Kicking Horse Mountain gondola

Each week brings some new scenery and location for me – that’s just the way I like it. If you want to follow where I am real time – then each Friday I will post 5 of my Instagram photos from the current week. Some weeks I may be traveling somewhere exotic, and some weeks […]

Trekking in Torres Del Paine with Ecocamp

February 21, 2013 6 Comments »

ecocamp patagonia

There are a number of ways you can experience Torres Del Paine Park in Patagonia – from roughing it to luxury. I was there to hike the W trek, a well known route in the shape of a W leading you to the best views in the park. Many people, like Audrey and Dan from […]