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Sibbald Lake Campground – Sibbald Lake PRA – review

June 24, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

Blue Traffic Sign indicating distance to Sibbald Lake

Ah, there they are … mosquitoes. I knew we’d run into them sooner or later. Not as bad as the infamous horror show that was Portage La Prairie, mind you, but present in sufficient numbers to be annoying once the sun started to set. Sibbald Lake Provincial Recreation Area for the not so desirable win. […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, camping, Kananaskis, Sibbald Lake

Indian Graves Campround – review

June 21, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

Indian Graves Campground Sign

Who says growing old is all bad? Sure, it sucks in a lot of ways, but sometimes there are unforeseen benefits to that faltering short-term memory. Unlike with forgetting why you went to the kitchen by the time you get there, a memory while you’re out for a drive can lead to unexpected discoveries. And […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, camping, Indian Graves, Kananaskis

How My Oil and Gas Career Began

April 8, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Twenty-five years ago, I embarked on an eight-month adventure that would define my adult life. It was not intended to. In fact, at the time it was more lark than prescience. Okay, maybe lark isn’t the fairest description, but academic value and eyes to my future were certainly not priorities when I chose to spend […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, career, geology, nostalgia, oil patch

Lower Lake Campground – Peter Lougheed Provincial Park – review

February 7, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

Oddly enough, Lower Lake Campground feels like kind of a letdown. That’s an unfair assessment, but as I sit down to write this after such lengthy, positive, glowing, even, reviews of Boulton Creek, Elkwood, and Interlakes campgrounds, it’s how I’m feeling. Lower Lake campground just didn’t inspire me much. Context, of course, is everything in […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, camping, Kananskis, Lower Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

Interlakes Campground – Peter Lougheed Provincial Park – review

February 5, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

If ever there was a campground that might induce a total rethink of my first-come-first-serve aversion (FCFS), Interlakes Campground in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park would be it. That’s saying something, because my aversion is strong. If you’ve been following along with my sequence of reviews on the campgrounds of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, you’ll know […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, camping, Interlakes, Kananaskis

The Irony of Poor Communication

December 17, 2019 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

assorted communication devices

The other day, as I wasted a few more hours of my aimless life plodding through monotonous Candy Crush levels, the voice on the radio caught my attention by mentioning that next year marks the 25th anniversary of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. Upon hearing this factoid, my mind blurted an invective lamenting yet further […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, communication, interview, layoffs, oil patch

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