Tag: alberta
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Travelling with My Parents
Top shots from a three-week trip with my parents through Alberta and British Columbia.
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Goodbye, Jasper
I finished work at Jasper Stables about three weeks ago. My parents came out to visit me at the end of my work season, and I finished off my summer by holidaying with them around British Columbia and Alberta. Now, I’ve returned back home to Ontario. This was my third summer in Jasper. Sometimes people…
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Bert the Bear Horse
One of the questions I get asked most often is if I have any bear spray in my saddlebags. The answer is no: in part because it’d be hard to spray a bear from horseback without it getting in my horse’s face and eyes, and in part because I don’t need it. My horse, Bert,…
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Stargazing in Jasper
A few weeks ago, me and a friend decided we wanted to take some photos of the night sky. In Jasper, in the summer, that means waiting until the sky gets dark – which can take a while. Waiting for the sky to darken, out on the footbridge to Pyramid Island: The night we went…
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Updates from Jasper: Hazy Days, Rainy Days
Hello from Jasper! It has been a quiet and peaceful summer here so far. I haven’t posted lately but have a couple of catch-up posts now! The biggest piece of news (or at least the one we talk about every day here in Jasper) is the weather. In late May, there were fires burning in…
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Some Kind of Beauty
My day job here in Jasper is taking people out on horseback rides through the mountains. I typically ride about 4-5 hours each day, and in the summer, the stables is busy enough that we have over 100 riders a day. My favourite part about my job is that I get paid to ride horses…
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Alberta Bound
I’m back in Jasper for another summer! Mid-May had me Alberta bound. A friend of mine was also heading west from Ontario and had a car, so the two of us drove out together. We spent five days crossing the country – from Toronto and busy 400 series highway driving; to the northern Ontario mining…
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Goodbye Mountains
Yesterday was my last day in Jasper. After a full five months in the mountains, I am moving on with bittersweet feelings. This summer has been amazing. In a lot of ways it wasn’t what I expected – being back in Jasper felt like being home again, but with a whole host of different people.…
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An Amoosing Evening
Reports of moose being seen along Maligne Lake have remained steady for the past week. I had already seen one moose, but since moose are so rare, I decided that the opportunity to see more moose was too great to leave alone. I talked a friend into driving me, and we went up and down…
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The Edge of Winter
Last week was the last week of work at the stables. Trying to embrace every mountain moment we had left, one evening after work we headed up to the Edge of the World. I’ve been there a few times before, including earlier this summer. It looked even more beautiful in the snow. This photo was…
THE WANDERING YEARS 