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Saturday Snap – Otter ‘n’ Daughter

One of many highlights of the Calgary Zoo was watching Sasha interact with one particularly playful otter in the “Canadian Wild” area.

Posted 25 August 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – Elvis Has (Not) Left The Building (May 2011)

I think it’s been eight years since we were last in Calgary which happened to be a weekend visit which combined a 50th Wedding Anniversary for a Calgary-based aunt and uncle and a 50th birthday party (featuring an appearance by The King!) for a Calgary cousin. Here’s a picture of my dad with eight of […]

Posted 22 August 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

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 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

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 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Pandamonium!

Posted 17 August 2019 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

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 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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 […]

Posted 14 August 2019 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Brief Clip of Colter Wall Singing About Saskatchewan on Saturday Night of 50th Anniversary @reginafolkfest #rff19 #yqr

 

Posted 11 August 2019 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Things I Love The Most About Our rPod 182G

Hard to believe we’ve had our 2012 rPod for five years now having bought it used during summer 2014. Through the first couple years of pulling it around the province, one year in a provincial seasonal site and the last couple in a regional park, I continue to feel like we made an awesome decision […]

Posted 06 August 2019 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Camping Wrap-Up

It’s weird how time can sometimes seem so slow (when you’re lazing through most days with some tunes, a good book and tasty beers) and at the same time, so fast (when you have a two week holiday that feels like it only lasted two days.) We had a great two weeks camping with lots […]

Posted 04 August 2019 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,