Trail to Peak: The Adventurous Path
Hiking, Exploring, Travel & Adventure
Hiking
For the most part, hiking takes me to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. The mountains around Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper hold a special place in my heart and I spend as much time there as I can. Yet, my love of hiking extends beyond those magical boundaries, and out into the world at large through our travels.
Travel
To me, travel is a complex idea. It is not a vacation, even though it takes you away from the familiar day-to-day events of your life. It is far, far more than that. Travel is adventure. It is a collection of experiences that open your eyes to the ways of the world. It exposes you to new ideas and new ways of thinking. It helps you meet…
Snapshots
This section of my blog revisits some of my favourite photographs and memories of our years spent discovering the unique places of the world and the hidden recesses of our innermost selves. Each post takes one photo, and tries to capture that memory so that you can experience what it was like at the moment in which it was…
A Walking Tour of Vancouver’s Hidden Past
Opium Dens. Rum Runners and mobsters. Paint thinner and the Blind Pigs. A corrupt, scandalized, polygamist AND wanted-criminal for its longest serving mayor. Unbelievable racial tension. The site of Canada’s first drug bust. Massive, incredibly violent multi-day race riots. Talk about an incredibly checkered past for…
The Heart Mountain Horseshoe Check-In
The Bow Valley is an incredible playground. A landscape feature that follows the Bow River as it winds its way down from the huge Bow Glacier in the Canadian Rockies near Lake Louise, the Bow Valley wraps Canmore & Banff in pine forested valleys, and…
Oh, How I Love Vancouver!
Vancouver is, perhaps the most beautiful city in all of Canada. We were fortunate enough to spend a week there for my husband’s work recently, and I plan to highlight some of my favourite experiences there in the next couple of posts. Armchair travellers…
