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Walk 107

10/6/2022

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Past Bertha Bay and almost to Boundary Bay
This trail is full of wildflowers, shaded forest air, water, new undergrowth, and huggable trees. We were delighted, whether it was a walk, a wander, or a hike.

Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Length: 7 km
Companions: Samten, Annie, Troy
Date: 10 June, 2022
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Walk 106

28/5/2022

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Farm Coulee dog walk
Keeping my eye out for deer, in order to divert the dog's attention before she sees them. She corners a porcupine under a rusted farm implement, half overgrown the plow, half grown the porcupine, the dog cautious enough. There are hawks and Great Horned owls,  skunks and coyotes, an owlet flapping among the spruce trees, badgers and ducks and jackrabbits, every footstep a feast of smells.

Location: Outside of Lethbridge, Alberta

Length: 2 km
Companions: Rose-D
Date: 28 May, 2022
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Walk 105

23/4/2022

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Lake Erie Waterfront walk
It is a relief to be in front of big water, to walk in the sand, to feel the possibility of summer adventures and other lives.

Location: Port Dover beach, Ontario

Length: 2 km
Companions: Isabel & Grandma
Date: 23 April, 2022
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Walk 104

22/4/2022

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River Road Trail
A good long catch-up walk on a grey afternoon. If we wanted to, we could walk all the way to Hamilton on this trail.

Location: River Road Trail, Brantford, Ontario
Length: 6 km
Companions: Laura & Sadie
Date: 22 April, 2022
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Walk 103

3/4/2022

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Location: Cottonwood Park, Lethbridge, Alberta
Length: 3 km
Companions: Tom
Date: 3 April, 2022
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Walk 102

26/3/2022

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Rough Quarter
Hard to find this coulee, unless you really know where you're going. It is almost silent here, and warm, and sculptural. It feels old.

Location: not too far from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta

Length: 2 km
Companions: Tom
Date: 26 March, 2022
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Walk 101

22/3/2022

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Meditation bluff, Lethbridge
The best after work walk, with river and dog.

Location: Meditation Bluff, Pavan Park, Lethbridge

Length: 3 km
Companions: Troy & Rose
Date: 22 March, 2022
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Walk 100

17/3/2022

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Neighbourhood dog run, Lethbridge
The west wind is relentless. It doesn't stop for a breath. We have to walk in the wind here, because this is just how it is.  It is windy.  Makes for some nice skies sometimes, and the Chinook arch to the west.
Location: Scenic Avenue dog run, Lethbridge, Alberta
Length: 2 km
Companions: Mary & Rose
Date: 17 March, 2022
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Walk 99

8/3/2022

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Isla de Espiritu Santo, Mexico
Fierce wind and surf prevented us from kayaking down-island today, so we took a walk up the rocky canyon towards the middle of the island. The trees, bushes, cactus, birds, lizards, rocks, archaeological artifacts, spirits, and sites all have names and stories, and the feral goats looked down at us from a high cliff.

Location: Canyon near Mesteno Bay, Isla de Espiritu Santo, BCS, Mexico
Length: 3 km
Companions: Antonio, Chino, Tom, Heather, Daryle, et al.
Date: 8 March, 2022
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Walk 98

23/2/2022

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Pavan Park, Lethbridge
It warmed up to -10 C, so today was good day for a walk after the cold, cold days.  Pheasant and deer were feeding side-by-side in a sheltered meadow. The river is freezing over again, and it's hard to remember how the trees looked with leaves.
Location: Pavan Park, Lethbridge, Alberta
Length: 3 km
Companions: Troy
Date: 23 February, 2022
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Walk 97

5/2/2022

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Cypress Hills Walk on Snowshoes
In the hills above Elkwater, the snow is deep enough for snowshoes and hot chocolate. We are protected from the wind here in the tall forest and hillsides, but the trees creak as they lean into the wind up high. We always keep an eye out for cougars here, although they will see us long before we see them.
Location: Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta
Length: 3 km
Companions: Tom
Date:5 February, 2022
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Walk 96

4/2/2022

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Komorebi Walk*, South Saskatchewan River
Komorebi is a Japanese word for the way light filters through trees. Memories of sun and shade, a thousand gestures of green leaves, and the feel of shady woods in the summer. Here, in the middle of winter: the leaves are dead and down, the sky is overcast, and the trees are bare bones. But there is light in the snow, the river, the grey sky, and walking while paying attention to trees and light is a way to find beauty everywhere.

* I am grateful to walk at a distance with Walking the Land land arts collective, who were walking in Gloucestershire and elsewhere in the world today - Komorebi Walk is their First Friday Walk prompt.

Location: Along the South Saskatchewan River, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Length: 3 km
Companions: none
Date: 4 February, 2022
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Walk 95

22/1/2022

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South Coulee Walk
A warm January day, and quiet. Walking with grasses and rocks and ghosts and sky. The absence of wind is remarkable.
Location: Farm coulee, Southern Alberta
Length: 2 km
Companions: Tom
Date: 22 January, 2022
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Walk 94

26/12/2021

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Boardwalk, Marsh and Bridle Trails
Boxing day after the second pandemic Christmas, and just happy to be together for a muddy walk. The chickadees, ducks, and squirrels are all looking for their share of the feast. Darkness sinks into the valley before we get back to the car.
Location: Grindstone Marsh Trail, RBG, Burlington, Ontario
Length: 4 km
Companions: Tom, Anna, Isabel
Date: 26 December, 2021
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Walk 93

24/8/2021

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Georgian Bay trail
Our favourite walk to our favourite spot. This time we wore swimsuits and stopped to float in the inlet and lay like seals on the rocks. The most peaceful place I know.
Location: Secret bay behind Edge Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
Length: 4 km
Companions: Isabel & Anna
Date: 24 August, 2021
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    Sandra Cowan likes to walk on trails, paths, and city streets.  She is based in southern Alberta, Canada, as a visitor in the land of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy).

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