On my first hike for this escape I wanted to begin with a comfortable familiar and then veer off to the unfamiliar.  The plan was to hike ...

I can't help myself, I keep looking at web cams from throughout Banff National Park and I sigh and I just want to be there.  Thursday ...

Did anyone stay in the city today?  Is pot puffing now legal?  I thought for certain hitting the road west very very early on a Sunday mor...