Recent Posts by Sean Nichols
Adventure coordinator Sean Nichols talks about hosting a charity trivia event in the AWA garden during the times of Covid: For most of the ten days leading up to AWA’s Trivia for the Wild adventure on August 15, the weather was looking to be pretty miserable. Our otherwise splendid August notwithstanding, the forecast was predicting Continue Reading »
Among those who know of them, southern Alberta’s Porcupine Hills are renowned for their fantastical bouquet of wildflowers that paint the landscape every summer. Joel Van Riper went on AWA’s adventure to visit them earlier this July and recounts his trip: The morning of the adventure everyone made their way through thick fog to meet Continue Reading »
It is with great sadness and fond memories that we say goodbye to longtime volunteer and dear friend to AWA, Margaret Main. Those of us who have participated in AWA events in and around Calgary over past several decades will surely recall on numerous occasions being greeted by her warm smile and helped by her Continue Reading »
Adventure coordinator Grace Wark shares her story about a weekend away from it all in the Castle: It’s 6:34 a.m. and I’m searching for my car keys. I need to pick up Joanna by 7.a.m. so we have enough time to load 50 to 60 lbs of gear, snacks and water into the car, hit Continue Reading »
Adventure coordinator Carol Ostrom shares her story about an overnight camping trip and hike up the slopes of Mount Tecumseh in the Crowsnest Pass: On June 8th the clouds spent the day pressing up the western slopes of the mountains that denote the border between B.C. and Alberta. Just as the first campers arrived, as Continue Reading »
