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Two Jack Lakeside Campground – Banff National Park – review

January 11, 2021 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Remember 1999? Amidst the anticipation of the coming new millennium and the growing Y2K panic, George Lucas gave millions of now-grown-up Star Wars fans the first of three prequels to his legendary space opera. The hype was unsurprisingly intense and the reviews, perhaps equally unsurprising, were mixed. I landed firmly in the disappointed camp and […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Banff, camping, Canada

Two Jack Main Campground – Banff National Park – review

January 4, 2021 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

So, this is … umm … well, this is embarrassing. Prior this past summer, I … uhh … I’d never been to Lake Minnewanka. Truth be told, I’d never heard of Lake Minnewanka. Seriously. I had no clue. None. And if I ever did hear of it, that knowledge certainly never took up any semblance […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Banff, camping, Two Jack Main

Another Failed Contest Entry

December 8, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Back in the spring, as I flailed more aimlessly than usual in a world ground to a halt by COVID, I stumbled upon a writing contest purely by accident. It was run by a nature biodiversity organization in Alberta that I’d never heard of and the only barrier to entry was the purchase of a […]

Filed Under: Writing Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, biodiversity, writing

Marble Canyon Campground – Kootenay National Park – review

November 25, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Here’s an interesting tidbit. Kootenay National Park was a bribe. It’s true. A century ago, a deal was in place for the federal government to build a road from Banff to the Alberta/BC border at Vermilion Pass. The BC provincial government would build a road from Windermere to the pass thereby opening up the region […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: BC, camping, kootenay, Marble Canyon

Fort Steele Campground – review

September 23, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 3 Comments

Nothing piques my interest in a campground more than a terrible review. In particular, I love a bad review bemoaning the strictness of management. I say this in dead seriousness and with full recognition of my hypocrisy relative to my younger days, but if you’re pissed off that a campground won’t let you have “fun” […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: camping, Fort Steele, fossils, gold panning

Woolford Provincial Park – review

September 4, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

As my catalogue of campground reviews has grown, I’ve started to question my rating system. Oh, sure, the baby dill pickle shtick is cute and all, but it’s hardly rigorous. My judgments rely more on my whims at the moment of writing than anything scientifically valid. The appeal of a campground can change, sometimes dramatically, […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, camping, Cardston, Woolford Provincial Park

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