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Saturday Snap – A Glimpse of Our Future?

Shea and I really enjoying the camping lifestyle and, although it’s still a few years away, have begun talking about what it would be like to downsize our house and buy a small camper/motorhome/camper van and just travel around in that once we retire. We got a glimpse of what it might be like this […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2019 § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, travel

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: alberta, cute, holiday, science

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: alberta, parents

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

Saturday Snap – Pandamonium!

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

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: 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 […]