SEE ALSO: The Best Outdoor Pools In Calgary [twitter]There are about a dozen lakes in and around Calgary – few of them, however, offer public access. In the summer, when it gets hot and you…
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Calgary Daytrips: Nanton
[twitter]Take your hometown and draw a 175 kilometre circle around it. That’s the perfect distance for a day trip. 90 minutes-ish there, some lingering and then 90 minutes-ish home. You leave late morning, you’re back…
Why Being A Calgary Weatherman Sucks
[twitter]They say the weather in Calgary is unpredictable. Sure, you can see the pictogram forecast on your 6 o’clock news that says it will be sunny and 17 for the next 7 days, but that…
Kids In Calgary: Geocaching On Patterson Hill
[twitter]Geocaching is a great way to spend some time getting your kids outdoors for some exercise. It’s a walk in the woods, it’s a mystery to solve and it’s celebratory when the cache is retrieved….
Calgary Daytrips: Drumheller, Hoodoos and Dinosaurs
Drumheller is only a 90 minute to 2 hour drive north east of Calgary, but we took our father/son time with the day and took the long scenic route home. We left just before 9a…
How Many Trees Are In Alberta?
[twitter]I took a road trip east with Zacharie today. The plan was to investigate the dinosaurs of Drumheller, but something else happened along the way – I gained an appreciation for the prairies. I’ve driven…
Calgary Weather: What’s A Chinook Arch?
[twitter]Calgary weather is pretty interesting. If you consider unpredictable and unreliable and impossible to forecast to be interesting. It was sunny and 14 degrees yesterday, it will be -5 and snowing by the weekend. Sure,…
Calgary Eats: Tubby Dog
Tubby Dog 103 – 1022 17 Av SW, Calgary 403-244-0694 $22 for a couple small drinks, 2 dogs and some yam chips. In Vancouver, Japadog has quickly become the chien chaud of choice among the…
Lake Bonavista Hockey Tournament, 1981-82
[twitter]Calgary is the home to some pretty memorable events in my life. Even before I packed up my family and came east, I had been to Cowtown and created some long lasting memories. I shot…