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A Bumpy Ride Home
It was calm and clear in Canmore at dawn when I caught the airport bus down into Calgary. And each of my connections were on time. But the ride back to the Midwest was a bit of a roller coaster. Twice in the last few weeks, I’ve read about significant injuries on planes from turbulence.…
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Gondolas strung like giant Christmas lights
The gondolas are small boxes, brightly colored, roped together like Christmas lights rising with stoic determination up the white snow dressed hill. They sway up and down the mountain from 8 – 6pm most days. Sometimes later. And never rest. They wait for us at the top of the carpark. Though obviously sturdy, the gondolas…
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See Ya! We are going up the mountain
Though I just heard a Canadian calling it ‘Going up the hill’. Yesterday we went into the hills to surf in the river. Mountain Surfers here: Hope that plays. It is pretty cool. The other half of the family arrived yesterday and later this morning we are going up the mountains. But it is still…
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Take your Water to the Water
This morning I am a little late posting because we went up to the Kananaskis River to surf early this morning. Yes. You read that right. They surf here. There are days when the dam up river releases water, the times are released on the dam site and the locals have made their own little…
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Things things words
As I broaden my horizons walking and mapping further and further out from the house I follow the Bow river – it feels like the artery of Canmore. The walking tracks are still icy in patches but well maintained. It was in the fifties through the seventies that the thirty miles of walking and bicycle…
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