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We found Escape City in Calgary tonight and completed the Mindmaster Industries room. The story of the room was great and even though it was just the two of us we moved through it well. The room was well executed and the puzzles were just right. Room 70! 🧩

Two people wearing lanyards pose smiling in a white escape room with a 60-minute countdown timer on the wall behind them.
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The Banana Pie at Bridgette Bar in Calgary. Tasty but also over-the-top sweet. Also over-the-top tall! οΏΌ

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. β˜•οΈ

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 β€” and learning photography skills at the same time. Has me thinking about the next workshop… πŸ“·

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. πŸ©πŸ”οΈ

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%. πŸ₯Ύ 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 β€œrock 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.