Journal Entries

Viewpoint on Peace Hills Park hike, Wetaskiwin - love the prairie winter sky.

We had perfect winter weather conditions on the first Saturday in January. Hiking friend Janice led the way around this large managed woodlot: saw lots of animal tracks and two deer - and many beautifully-shaped Christmas trees of all sizes.

A view at mostly-frozen Little Mush A Mush Lake.

First backcountry trip of the season with @reneetougas. Renee was on her backcountry skis, and I was on snowshoes carrying my snowboard. We explored a new backcountry ski area near Saint-Donat called Montagne Noir. The day did not disappoint!

I started the 2019 edition of my Buckeye Trail hike with a 2.5 mile walk with my family. We walked from Foster's Park to the Peters Cartridge Company factory.

The picture above may not reflect a scene as beautiful as many of the vistas posted on this website and other hiking blogs, but I do find the old factory beautiful in its own way. The birds circling the building and the vanishing daylight definitely made for an eerie feeling.

The Peters Cartridge Company began producing ammunition on this site in 1887. The building in this photo was built in 1916 following an explosion.

There are current redevelopment efforts for the site. In June of last year, it was announced that the Cartridge Brewing Co. would become cornerstone tenant of the newly developed property. I certainly hope that this happens!

Jeff takes a break during his 50 K bike ride through the Kanchanaburi countryside.

This was one small section of a super cool water fall, Pha Tad Waterfall. It took a few hours to hike up the whole thing, but amazingly we could hike right up on it, as the rocks were really grippy.

This waterfall was truly amazing, it goes on and on, water spilling over different sections, some steep, some not, lots of pools here and there.

Despite the rain over the last couple days. there was still an opportunity for us to go for a hike before the end of the year. Back to our new favourite place (Saint-Donat) and a nice view on Cap de la Fée.

Hiking partners at sentier Cap de La fée in saint Donat. The warming temps and rain in the city earlier this week has seriously put me in a funk. Come winter I live for winter sport and rain ruins everything. Ah but the temps dropped and there is still plenty of snow in the mountains. Feeling so much better after a day at Saint Donat.