Monthly Archives: August 2008

2000 finds, new personal best day of caching

  When we got back from K-country Friday afternoon, Mrs. GeoK got right to work solving puzzles; there were more than 40 puzzle caches published for the Calgary Cache and Release Summer 2008 geocaching event and we didn’t expect we’d … Continue reading

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The best laid plans….

The GeoKids started a four day weekend on Friday, August 29th, so we packed up and headed to K-country to hike up Mt. Lipsett. Between our failure to find the trailhead (despite a half hour of fruitless searching) and the … Continue reading

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Geohiking in West Bragg

With mixed weather and home maintenance projects keeping us in Calgary most of the week, we were glad for blue skies on Thursday the 28th. With the GeoKids waiting to board their school bus, Mr. and Mrs. GeoK headed west … Continue reading

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Off to Olds for our 100th Brass Cap

August 23 we headed north to the Olds / Sundre area. Our primary objective was to join the parents’ work bee to prepare Camp Sweet for the arrival of the Calgary Science School student campers but the almost 2 dozen … Continue reading

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Chester Lake

    We hoped to get over to Chester Lake last Sunday, but an unexpected blizzard forced us to turn back and retrace our steps through the Headwall Lakes valley. Today we decided to hike a little beyond Chester Lake in … Continue reading

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