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Cypress Hills Provincial Park – review

September 26, 2016 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Calgarians may look east to vent their political frustrations and mainstream media angst, but when it comes to recreation they inevitably gaze westward.  Be it Alberta’s own Kananaskis Country and Rocky Mountain parks or further afield in the summer playgrounds of British Columbia like the Okanagan, Shuswap, and Invermere, it’s hard to blame them for […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, camping, Cypress Hills, Elkwater, mountains, Prairies, Saskatchewan

Pizza Night in Rowley, Alberta – review

August 2, 2016 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

Sams Saloon on Pizza Night

If there’s one thing I’d pinpoint as the worst part of being a stay-at-home parent it has to be the fact that long weekends quickly lose their exceptionality.  Not only do they become meaningless with regard to my daily life, but they all too regularly become completely forgotten.  Such was the case this past August […]

Filed Under: Travel Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, country, ghost town, pizza, Prairies, Rowley

Prairie Corn

September 13, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

They are pathetic things really, only two feet tall, if I’m being generous, and kind of crooked.  Some with too many leaves, others with too few and all completely barren of anything remotely resembling an ear of corn.  Twelve stunted reminders that sweet corn just doesn’t grow on prairies like does back home. I tried […]

Filed Under: Writing Schmidt Tagged With: corn, gardening, Prairies

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