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The Banana Pie at Bridgette Bar in Calgary. Tasty but also over-the-top sweet. Also over-the-top tall! 

Slice of tall banana cream pie with toasted meringue and caramel drizzle on a white plate with a butter knife, restaurant kitchen visible behind.
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Downtown Calgary.

Outdoor basketball court in downtown Calgary surrounded by glass skyscrapers, with several people playing and resting nearby.
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We visited Q.Lab Coffee this afternoon. I was impressed with their coffee program and had to try a “Gold Label” pour over. Delicious. Had a cappuccino as well. ☕️

Gold Label by Chronicle card for Chiroso Las Flores coffee on a wooden tray with a glass bowl, gold spoon, and glass carafe at Q.Lab Coffee
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Tammy and I wrapped up an awesome Banff & Lake Louise photo workshop led by the incredibly talented Chase Guttman this afternoon. Great locations and photos — and learning photography skills at the same time. Has me thinking about the next workshop… 📷

Three people smiling for a selfie beside a rushing glacial river with a railway bridge, dense pine forest, and snow-capped mountain behind them
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Happy National Donut Day from the Canadian Rockies. 🍩🏔️

Chocolate-frosted donut with rainbow sprinkles impaled on a pine branch beside a rushing mountain river with rocks and evergreen trees.
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Visited Yoho National Park in British Columbia this morning.

Camera on a Manfrotto tripod on a wooden bridge overlooking a rushing glacial river framed by evergreen trees and a rocky mountain peak.
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Glacial stream in Yoho National Park.

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Finished hiking 4.68 miles and 1,237 feet gained in 142.2 minutes, average incline 11.4%. 🥾 Nice tea and sandwich stop at the Tea House.

GPS trail map overlay on satellite view of a turquoise mountain lake showing a 4.68-mile hiking route in yellow-green-red heat colors Two hikers pose on a mountain trail above turquoise Lake Louise with a steep rocky peak rising behind them
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I have never seen such a congregation of photographers in the wild as Moraine Lake on the “rock pile” at 5am.

Man in a green flat cap taking a selfie at Moraine Lake with snow-capped peaks and turquoise water behind him and photographers with tripods nearbyFour cameras on tripods lined up on a rocky overlook above turquoise Moraine Lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks and evergreen forest.Crowd of tourists and photographers on a rocky viewpoint at Moraine Lake before dawn, surrounded by pine trees and mountain slopes.

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Tammy and I at Moraine Lake.

Two people smiling together on a rocky overlook above Moraine Lake, with vivid turquoise water and snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks behind them.