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Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

¶ Posted 20 August 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cool, economics, education, history, holiday, science, travel

Music Monday – “Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place/But the price of the whiskey is grim/How nice it would be if the whiskey was free/And the Loch was filled up to the brim”

One of the best things about traveling is the people you meet. I met a young guy from Scotland at the Banff Hot Spring and during our conversation, mentioned my grandmother was born in Campbeltown, Scotland. He asked if I knew this old folk song and I admitted that I didn’t (though I quickly filed […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2019 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

This Is A Photo of Me On Top of A Mountain in Banff (How’s Your Day Going?)

¶ Posted 18 August 2019 § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta

Saturday Snap – Pandamonium!

¶ Posted 17 August 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin on “Hot Ones”

¶ Posted 16 August 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food

Throwback Thursday – Calgary Highlights (2001-2004)

Shea and I lived in Calgary for about three and a half years right after she graduated from nursing school. It was an amazing city to be young in with tons to do – restaurants, bar, attractions. As we prepare for another return visit (the first time back since Sasha was born), here are my […]

¶ Posted 15 August 2019 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta

Pandas Adjusting Wonderfully to Calgary Zoo

We didn’t have many plans for our week off in August (ten days counting weekends on either end) but a chance conversation with a library patron has us heading to Calgary for a few days. We’d been talking about visiting the Calgary Zoo to see the pandas since they were announced as coming. But we […]