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Biking Banff
I’ve never been this far from home with my actual bike before. Very fun.
Regarding the title of this photo, this trail allows bikes, but there are some very steep sections–some of which include stairs even–that bikes don’t do well on. Hence, we locked our bikes up after just a few hundred meters into the 10+ km trail and did the rest on foot. Great trail BTW (and not crowded until the Hoodoos Overlook). Highly recommend!
Mt. Rundle, Bow River, and Hoodoos
We were 6+ miles into our 10 or so miles of hiking on this day when we were rewarded with this view. We had it all to ourselves for about two minutes and then 40+ people, who had merely driven to this spot, showed up. Back to the trail and Surprise Corner we went.
Cowgirl performing in the Breakaway Roping event at the 2024 Strathmore Stampede
This was not my first rodeo, but it was my first in Canada.
Cardston Alberta LDS (Mormon) Temple – 1953
I mentioned a couple weeks ago about finding some old slides my father took in the early 1950s (1951 through 1953). I started scanning them into .jpg format yesterday. I haven’t made it to his Japan photos (while in the military) yet.
I’m not sure why Hawaiian dancers were entertaining the visitors to the temple on this day.
You may be wondering, why did the Mormon Church put a temple in Cardston, instead of in a population center like Calgary, more than 110 years ago? The answer is that Cardston is just over the USA/Canadian border, and it was a polygamy hot spot for Mormons fleeing the USA to practice polygamy. Polygamy wasn’t legal in Canada either, but apparently it was easier to continue the illegal practice in Canada than in the USA around that time. An article on the subject of Mormons and Cardston