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⛰️ #fearless #kananaskis #hellosummer I have an intense fear of heights. I prefer the safety of solid ground to sky walking - suspended across a mountain valley swaying on wobbly legs. A small thing for some but not for me. However, I believe that on the other side of discomfort is where you will find freedom. Perhaps Mark Twain said it best, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” Ask yourself ... what would you do if you weren't afraid? Onwards ... ________________ "I am listening to what fear teaches. I will never be gone. I am a scar, a report from the frontlines, a talisman, a resurrection. A rough place on the chin of complacency." — Audre Lorde #abparks #kcountry #peterlougheedprovincialpark #suspensionbridge #bridges #albertaparks #explorecalgary #albertacanada #tourismalberta #explorecalgary #fearofheights #mountainlovers #mountainmagic #mountains #naturephotography #naturelovers #blackshalesuspensionbridge #adventureday #imagesofcanada #facingyourfears https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMuj8UhS2u/?utm_medium=tumblr

Rainy nights and bright days make for fantastic camping trips. #naturephotography #amateurphotography #mountainphotography #rockymountains #abparks #travelalberta #jasper #backcountry #hikealberta https://www.instagram.com/p/CRIcLvEjmqZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Rushing water, roaring water. Something so calming about this raw destructive power. Could sit and watch it for hours. #naturephotography #amateurphotography #mountainphotography #rockymountains #abparks #travelalberta #kananaskis #albertarockies #hikealberta #mountainlife #albertaviews #backcountry https://www.instagram.com/p/CQmzoMzjveG/?utm_medium=tumblr

Baby Evergreen ______________________ I've been thinking of the Rockies lately with bookings opening soon. It's time to explore and find new hikes! If you have some favourites leave a comment! 👇 #naturephotography #amateurphotography #mountainphotography #rockymountains #abparks #travelalberta #kananaskis #albertarockies #hikealberta #mountainlife #albertaviews #summervibes #summer2020 #goodvibes #getoutside (at Kananaskis Country) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL86Od0s3Bp/?igshid=1xsyv776z3uka

Another two kilometers and the trail is uncut and covered in snow. Crazy what a little altitude and the right attitude can do 😂 . . . . #backcountry #naturephotography #rockymountains #abparks #travelalberta #kananaskis #albertarockies #hikealberta #mountainlife #summer2020 #amateurphotography #kanaskiscountry #landscapephotography #explore #explorealberta #girlswhohike (at Kananaskis Country) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKGsXoqlyNT/?igshid=1a4cni1dd4dn0

Happy New Year! 🎈 here’s to 2021: . We don’t know how this year will turn out. We can’t say what the future will bring. But one thing I do know: is not to take anything for granted. See the small things everyday. . So, are you ready?! Let’s make 2021 the best we can make it. . . . . . . . #travelalberta #lakelouisecanada #abparks #albertaviews #albertacanada #winterized #winterseason #amazingworld #awesome_day #landscapesphotography #explorealberta #edmontonphotographers #yegphotographers #albertaproud #albertatourism #thecanadianmag #walkingaroundcanada #canadatravel #landscape_photographer #travellandscape #sonyphotographers #sonycollective (at Lake Louise, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJg2uZuAmtP/?igshid=o5bfed6tvppy

🗳️ #defendabparks #dontgobreakingmyparks #saveourabparks #abparks . Kudos to @cpawssab for this awesome campaign. There are SO many signs up in my very Conservative Calgary neighborhood. These are a few from a recent neighborhood walk (plus one #abed bonus) ... there were more but I ran out of 🖼️ on Instagram. . Jason Kenney and the UCP are closing 20 parks and transferingnownership for another 164 sites ... WITHOUT public consultation. This includes campsites, recreation areas, XC ski trails including sites in #kananaskis ... . In other news, California is planning on banning gas vehicles in 2035. That's a huge market and only 15 years away. How many other states will follow once the devastating impacts of climate change become more apparent? . The UCP's plan to sell our most precious resource to pay for a pipeline that will be obsolete as quickly as it is built is a truly terrible plan. Trading our priceless wild spaces for a reckless, misguided gamble is a travesty and a devastating affront to the legacy we will be leaving behind to the next generation of Albertans. . The question now is will Jason Kenney listen to what Albertans obviously want ... or will he continue down a path that most oppose? And if he does, what will happen to our parks once they are gone? 💔 ______ "Something new is upon us, and yet nothing is ever new. We are alive in a fearsome time, and we have been given new things to fear. We’ve been delivered huge blows but also huge opportunities to reinforce or reinvent our will, depending on where we look for honor and how we name our enemies. The easiest thing is to think of returning the blows. But there are other things we must think about as well, other dangers we face. A careless way of sauntering across the earth and breaking open its treasures, a terrible dependency on sucking out the world’s best juices for ourselves—these may also be our enemies. The changes we dread most may contain our salvation." — Barbara Kingsolver . . . . . 🚫 #firetheucp . 🧡 #betteroffwithrachel . #ucpcorruption #youseepee #stopjasonkenney #capturecalgary #dailyhiveyyc #yycnow #yycbuzz #calgarybuzz #calgaryalberta #albertaparks #climatechangei (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFqWO1OhNOL/?igshid=ztc927eg055w

🦋 #explorealberta #butterflies #abparks #dontgobreakingmyparks . A moment of reflection in a place that I love. Breathing space. Its hard for me to not want to muscle my way through everything. This place reminds me that that isn't always necessary. Pausing to take a break. Resisting the urge to "do something" is hard RN but necessary. . My very first job was with Canadian Pacific ... Union Station in Toronto ... many, many years ago. A pause we rarely take ... to reflect on how far we have come and the journey that has brought here. How the road has both held and shaped us through hills and valleys ... detours and unexpected paths. All the things we carry ... grounding us ... weighting us down. The hum, squeal, and roar of life's constant momentum and movement ... the tug and pull of the road and how we travel along it ... . Then there is the yellow butterfly that insisted on landing directly on my path ... as if to say ... "notice me". A playful flutter of gold wings saying ... "in me see how things are always changing ... caterpillars ... butterflies ... flowers ... all changing ... nothing permanent". Therein lies the fragile root of beauty ... on the razor edge of impermanence ... not in the heavy strength of steel ... but it is in the lightness of breath where wings are found ... and the happiness of air and sky." . The prairie hills are covered with wildflowers (and butterflies) ... it’s summer ... and I am home again. ______ "Maybe happiness is not about us, as individuals. Maybe it is not something that arrives into us. Maybe happiness is felt heading out, not in. Maybe happiness is not about what we deserve because we're worth it. Maybe happiness is not about what we can get. Maybe happiness is about what we already have. Maybe happiness is about what we can give. Maybe happiness is not a butterfly we can catch with a net. Maybe there is no certain way to be happy. Maybe there are only maybes. If (as Emily Dickinson said) 'Forever -- is composed of Nows -- ', maybe the nows are made of maybes. Maybe the point of life is to give up certainty and to embrace life's beautiful uncertainty." — Matt Haig . #glenbowranch #cochrane #imagesofcanada (at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD6mCbdpbDW/?igshid=1k4v6a7kklkfz