Home of Olympic athletes, adventure sports, a world-class community center and gym – it was clear that Canmore was a mecca for adventure and sports lovers. However there was another whole side to the town that I had yet to see, until now. I met her for a brief moment at the ice-carving contest during […]
The sun was rising up over the mountains with wispy clouds around the Three Sisters peaks, making it look as if the clouds were strands of their hair blowing in the wind. I stopped in the middle of my run and took a look all around me and realized what my new home in Canmore, […]
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 […]
I’m in week 3 of my Blogger in Residence post and here’s all I’m going to say – they may have to pry me out of this town after week 4. I’m going to be stuck to Canmore like Flick was stuck to the flag pole in the movie a Christmas Story. No ‘triple dog […]
As a new dusting of snow fell on Canmore I strapped up my boots, put on my crampons and started my week of conquering my fear of heights in the Canadian Rockies. This week I found myself higher than I felt comfortable with most of the time. Yet it seemed that when I was at […]
This week started a new chapter in my life – the chapter shall be called – “Am I crazy?” I escaped the premature snowmageddon predictions in NYC this week and flew out right after I finished my New York Time Travel Show talk on Solo Travel (were you there in the standing room only audience?!). […]
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 […]
Dieter, the shuttle driver at the Edmonton airport picked up my suitcase with a big grin – “So you are going to Jasper to ski. You’ll love it – we’ve had lots of snow.” He said proudly. I hastily explained to Dieter that I’m not really a skier – but I was going to learn […]
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 […]
Ever heard of Jasper? No, it’s not a friendly ghost. It’s a location. Could you place it on a map? Jasper is located in the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. Ok – I must confess – like most Americans I used to be horrible at my Canada geography. I had no idea what […]
