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“Hope Springs Eternal” – Alexander Pope

by pattihenderson | Aug 24, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

In An Essay On Man, Alexander Pope writes Hope springs eternal in the human breast Man never is, but always will be blessed: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. There is always hope! While passing through beautiful Hope,...

Meet Artist Janice Tanton

by pattihenderson | Aug 16, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Last Sunday afternoon I was in the midst of watching what would turn out to be the longest baseball game in Toronto Blue Jay’s history(!) when I learned that one of my favourite local Alberta artists was actually painting live at the exquisite Canada House...

Leavings

by pattihenderson | Aug 10, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Two weekends ago my Alberta Adventures took me to the smallest town in Alberta, Granum. As per usual, I was seeking out new roads to travel to new destinations. My end goal was Fort MacLeod and my chosen route was southbound from Cochrane on The Cowboy Trail,...

I’d Like to Buy a Vowel, Pat

by pattihenderson | Aug 3, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Coulees and Hoodoos! Wrapping your mouth and mind around these two vowel-intense words may be difficult but they perfectly describe what you will find when you are lucky enough to adventure in Alberta’s famed “Badlands” as I did last Sunday when I...

Welcome to the Bar U Ranch

by pattihenderson | Jul 27, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Several weekends ago I hopped in my Jeep and headed south down my favourite Alberta highway, The Cowboy Trail, in search of the historic, sprawling Bar U Ranch. Located south and west of Calgary, The Bar U Ranch is the only National Historic Site in Canada that...

Life in the Heartland

by pattihenderson | Jul 20, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

On a recent Alberta back road adventure I had a happy accident. On my way to visit Vulcan, a slightly geeky item on my Alberta Bucket List, I got a bit lost. I know! It doesn’t happen often, with my handy Back Roads of Southern Alberta map book I will typically...

“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways.” – John Wayne

by pattihenderson | Jul 13, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

This past Thursday as I closed my laptop after a satisfying day of work, I heard the compelling sound of neighing horses coming from The Cochrane Lions Rodeo Park, conveniently located just below my apartment building. As many of you know who follow my exploits on the...

“On the Prairie One Can See the Colour of the Air” – Emily Murphy

by pattihenderson | Jul 6, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Canadian women’s right activist, author, and jurist, Emily Murphy’s keen observation about “the colour of the air” here in gorgeous Alberta is incredibly accurate! Each weekend I have gathered evidence of this wondrous phenomenon on my back...

Lonely Gypsy Wind

by pattihenderson | Jun 29, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Yesterday afternoon the call of the open road drew me back into the sweeping, stunning Alberta prairies, this time north and west of my home in Cochrane. Just like most Saturdays since I moved west for work, I found my heart stir with the odd mixture of home-sickness...

This Wild Spirit

by pattihenderson | Jun 22, 2014 | Weekend Adventures

Back in 1912, renaissance woman Mary Vaux wrote of her adventures in the Canadian Rockies: “A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day at camp to get things in order for morrow’s conquest? Somehow when once this wild...