Single-handedly solving nothing
Today, my blog comes full circle. I’m reviewing a campground I went to because readers on another of my reviews commented that I should go. That struck me as milestone-ish and I figured I’d better listen up. Turns out my readers are a smart bunch. Now, odds are I would have ended up going Chinook … Read more
In high school, I fell in love with a new girl every year. And not always just one! Hormones are fun that way. Also, annoying. Now that I’m all grown up and the testosterone has thankfully subsided, not to mention married, I’ve had to focus my annual infatuations on less controversial subjects, like campgrounds. Last … Read more
If you found it odd that I’d never been to Waterton Lakes National Park before May 2021 despite living in Alberta for over twenty years, then brace yourself for another shock. I’d also never seen Moraine Lake until June of 2021. And Moraine Lake is a lot closer to my house than Waterton. Arguably more … Read more
One summer. That’s all it took. One. Summer. 2020 was a perfect storm of Zen-like camping with our combined unemployment allowing for camping during the week rather than weekends coupled with pandemic protocols leaving campgrounds at half capacity. I capitalized on this with gusto, venturing out to never-before visited first-come-first-served campgrounds with the whole family … Read more
You think you’re a pretty good judge of character, good or bad, and then somebody comes along and blows that hypothesis all to hell. St. Mary Lower campground … YOU … are that somebody. I had little desire to ever visit this campground, let alone spend a weekend at it. Tucked into the inside bend … Read more