Yesterday I was with my neighbour on a bicycle trip around the bow up to the weir, to shot some pictures and video.
Riding through the city to get to the nice pathways around the river was the only real heat challenge, but when you make it to the pathways, that are all nicely paved, you can feel the refreshing cool air from the river. So many beautiful scenes are around the river and you get so much more to see of Calgary then you can ever imagine when you drive by car.
Only shot a few pictures and just cutting the video footage together and making some music to it, will take a few days. But I will post the video here when I have it all edited.
Here a few shots I made just before the sun totally went down at the weir:
If you ever make it to Calgary and have no Bicycle at all, you can go down to the Eau Claire Center and rent one for a few bucks and hour. Then just follow the Bow towards NE direction and you are going straight to the wonderful new weir they build there.
Take lots of water or juice with you as you ride to keep hydrated on very hot days and light fruity or veggie snacks. These provide you with extra liquid and are not heavy on your body as you still ride.
For all trips I always take my trusty compass with me and a map of the city, sometimes you just bike and bike further into some places you've never been and it helps a lot when you get lost.
Driving in a circle for hours let's you learn this lesson. More on map reading and basic compass reading will be discussed here soon. You don't need to spend 100 of $ for a basic and simple set at the beginning, but you can always upgrade if you want to.
JayDee
