Day Trips from Calgary: 3rd Edition (Revised and Updated) (Best of Alberta)

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Product Description Calgary lies at the heart of southern Alberta's most spectacular landscape, a landscape that includes the fantastically shaped hoodoos of Drumheller and the mountains of Kananaskis country. Now in full color, this completely updated and expanded edition of the regional bestseller Day Trips from Calgary is an insider's handbook to discovering the best routes and destinations within a two-hour drive of the city. Locals and tourists alike need only a tank of gas, a road map, and perhaps a picnic lunch and a pair of hiking shoes to make the most of Bill Corbett's insightful guide. Written to entice Calgary residents and visitors into considering all directions of the compass when embarking on a day trip from the city, Day Trips from Calgary covers all the territory travellers will find useful. Review What Bill Corbett’s fans say “Having lived in Calgary for close to 10 years I thought I knew all there was to do in the Calgary region. Day Trips from Calgary opened my eyes to many more [local] adventures... away from the well-beaten paths to Banff and Kananaskis Country. It also provides some insight to the surprisingly long and colourful history of the area. You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a great time around Calgary!” —Richard, Calgary, AB About the Author Bill Corbett is a Calgary writer with interests in the outdoors, history, and the environment. His articles have been published in such magazines as Canadian Geographic, Explore, Western Living, Canadian Business, and Maclean's. He is the author of Best of Alberta: Outdoor Activities in Alberta's Heartland and The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies. An avid mountaineer and backcountry skier, he can often be found exploring the diverse landscapes of his native Alberta. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The real shrine is the Gopher Hole Museum. Its 40-plus miniature displays, with nicely painted backdrops, feature taxidermied gophers dressed in costumes. They whimsically and quite comically depict various aspects of village life, real and fictional—from a wedding and a church service to a hunting scene and a bank holdup.