While Mrs Bear ascended to the mountain vistas above Banff, I took the path more travelled: The trail along the … Continue reading Local Art along Banff’s River Bow Trail

49 years ago, Mrs Bear was not yet Mrs Bear. She accompanied me from New York to my hometown in … Continue reading Banff

Leaving Waterton National Park, we took backroad highways and ascended into the Canadian Rockies. Once again, I was struck by … Continue reading The Canadian Road to Banff: Kananaskis County

From Billings, Montana, we turned W/NW and drove backroads toward the Canadian border. I had initially hoped to bring Mrs … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Stop Five: Waterton Lakes National Park

Before setting out on this roadtrip, I checked the map to see if we were driving through Billings, Montana. Billings … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Stop Four: The Custer Battlefield at the Little Bighorn River

Rapid City, South Dakota is the gateway to the sacred Black Hills of the Lakota Sioux. The geography couldn’t be … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Fourth Stop: The Black Hills

From Wisconsin, we drove through a sliver of Minnesota before entering South Dakota. I have visited here before and have … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Third Stop: The Badlands

From Indiana, we had to traipse around Chicago. We expected traffic snarls and weren’t disappointed. But this route was necessary … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Second Stop: University of Wisconsin at Madison

Mrs Bear and I made a pact with her sister, battling cancer far too many times, that we would go … Continue reading Driving from Pennsylvania to Banff … Stops Along the Way ( Day One)