Wildflowers in Banff’s Sunshine Meadows

Today’s photo comes from the most wildflower day of my 56 years of existence. We hiked almost 10 miles and had wildflowers for most of them. Sometimes there were so many wildflowers my brain felt like it would explode. So many different ones too. We saw at least a dozen different varieties of wildflowers amongst the thousands (millions?) of total wildflowers.

I didn’t realize this at the time, but our hiking started in Alberta, crossed into British Columbia for three or four miles, and then ended up back in Alberta.

Posted on October 12th, 2024 under Canada. Tags: Banff National Park, British Columbia, flowers, hiking, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera. Comments Off on Wildflower heaven

Consolation Lakes Trail (Banff National Park, Canada)

Posted on September 19th, 2024 under Canada. Tags: Banff National Park, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on Panorama Ridge Route

Smith Rock State Park (October 2019)

Posted on September 17th, 2024 under Oregon. Tags: Central Oregon, hiking, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Smith Rock State Park. Comments Off on Misery Ridge Trail

Posted on September 12th, 2024 under Montana. Tags: hiking, landscape, makoshika state park, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on Makoshika’s Natural Bridge

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!

Posted on August 11th, 2024 under Canada. Tags: Banff National Park, bikes, hiking, landscape, mountain biking, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on Surprise Corner to Hoodoos Trail is not for bikes