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“Pic of the Week”, November 5, 2021: Fresh Snow, Victoria Beach

My family owned a small cabin in Victoria Beach when I was young, located on this very lane. We spent a lot of time here in the summer, enjoying the quiet of the place, fishing, riding our bikes, hiking, and swimming at the beach.
When I visit my elderly father in Winnipeg, we enjoy going for rides to visit places that touched our lives. This past winter we revisited this holiday community after a fresh dusting of snow had covered the roads and pine trees. I thought the soft light of winter made the scene quite pretty.
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“Pic of the Week”, January 8, 2021. A January Drive down the Cowboy Trail

One of the most underrated scenic drives in Canada is Alberta’s Cowboy Trail, highway 22X. The 100-or-so mile stretch from the Crowsnest Pass to Longview contains nothing but an expanse of prairie rolling over the foothills and abutting the lovely Rocky Mountains. It’s especially scenic in late spring/early summer, when the prairie grass is lush and green and there’s still some snow on the mountain peaks, but winter has its own charm.

These photos were a few years ago, a winter which had been pretty mild up to that point, with little snow on the ground. The winter daylight so far north is soft, especially in the afternoon. Lots of cattle grazing, a few ranches here and there, including the …

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“Pic of the Week”, February 7, 2020: A Winter’s Day in Idaho

While driving through the mountains in the winter can be risky, on a clear day it’s an absolute pleasure to do so, especially if there’s been some recent snow. These photos were taken in in southern British Columbia and northern Idaho.

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“Pic of the Week”, May 17, 2019: Enjoying the last Remnant of Winter

These photos were taken almost a year ago, after an unusually long and cold winter, with snow lasting well into May, 2018.

I visit my elderly father, who lives in Winnipeg, as often as possible. He is no longer able to drive but he still likes to go on road-trips. Just a little over 2 months ago we headed north of Winnipeg to the beach community of Victoria Beach, situated on the shore of massive Lake Winnipeg, where we’d had a cabin in the 1980s and 1990s. My dad and I both have many special memories of this community during those years.

A focal point of the community is its pier, built and maintained by the Government of Canada as a place …

Karl on May 16, 2019 | Comments Off

“Pic of the Week”, May 27,2017: Spring in the Rocky Mountains

I enjoyed a beautiful drive alongside and through the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia this past week. The landscape had greened nicely with the warming weather, but the mountains still had lots of snow on them. I made a few stops along the way and photographed some of the beautiful scenery.

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