Motorcycling the Mount Evans Scenic Byway

Brian's bucket list has long included motorcycling to the top of Mount Evans in Colorado. At 14,130 feet - reached via 28 miles of narrow, curving road that climbs 7,000 feet to the summit - Mount Evans is 20 feet higher and surprisingly less frequented than the more popular nearby Pikes Peak. Colorado’s highest byway …

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Wildlife at Lake Minnewanka

One of the highlights of our time exploring Banff National Park with my parents was all of our wildlife sightings! From elk and deer to mountain goats and sheep to coyotes and porcupines and black and grizzly bears (not to mention the countless birds and rodents along the way), this was probably the greatest variety of …

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