Category: Photography
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Lakes of the Ladies
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. Initially, we thought we might like to hike back up the Bald Hills Trail, which we tried to hike in February, but we just weren’t feeling it. Scrolling through the Parks Canada site for day hikes, I stumbled on this one. It was a hike to Lorraine and…
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Much Maligned
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. We loved our trip down Maligne Road, so much yesterday, we decided to go further today, all the way to Maligne Lake. Here is our driving route on the day. The river takes its name from the French maligne, meaning “malignant” or “wicked”. Pierre-Jean De Smet created this name in reference…
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NZ – Sweet As – Pinch Me, Is This Real?
All photos taken on October 27, 2025. Seemingly complete and collected, with our baggage in tow, we set off to the Avis car rental kiosk, across from the terminal. Would my car really be waiting? Would they upgrade me to something larger, free of charge? Would I still know how to drive on the wrong…
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NZ – Sweet As – Taking Flight
All photos taken on October 25, 26, 27, 2025. Oh H—, all bets are off when you cross the International Date Line. We checked out of the hotel and rather than leave our luggage in their lockup, headed upstairs to the breakfast room to sit with it until it was time to head to the…
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NZ – Sweet As – A Real Departure?
All photos taken on October 25, 2025. A faint sunrise greeted us over B.C. Place, when we opened the blinds this morning. Today was going to be a long day of waiting, interspersed with short periods of intense activity. Couple that with hotel checkout at 11 AM and a flight time of 7:30 PM, we…
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NZ – Sweet As – In a Holding Pattern
All photos taken on October 24, 2025. Against our better judgement, we tried breakfast in the hotel breakfast room. While the place was not crowded, the breakfast quality was underwhelming, as so many hotel breakfast bars are. The day was supposed to be very wet, so we opted for a short walk toward False Creek,…
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PLB – Day 4 – Misty Morn
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. Every day was different on this visit. After the hot sunny weather of the first three days, things cooled off and got a wee bit misty. Both Scott and M and sister M and brother K were heading home today, but, we had three more days to go.…
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Canyon or Chasm
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. On the way up, we had passed the Maligne Canyon viewpoint. The Maligne Canyon trail has not yet been reopened since the 2024 Jasper wildfire complex, as Parks workers struggle to keep up with making it all safe for visitors. We promised ourselves we would pull in on…
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On the Up and Up
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. Well, our new friends had told us that the hike we were looking for was the only left hand exit past the picnic area, so it did not take us long to find the place. But, it was not the promised short hike. It, in fact was a…
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Taking Our Medicine
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. In an attempt to get clearer air and perhaps some sunshine, as well as to find new hikes we had never been on, we drove South down the Maligne Road to Medicine Lake. It was only about a 34 minute drive, each way, but we gained a lot…
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