Sunday, August 05, 2007

4 vii 06: In Banff

Raw entries from my journal:


Tunnel Mt Rd becomes OTTER ST


PRANA CAPS 29.99


sign in Warner Guide & Outfitters shop:

THE ONLY TIME A WOMAN CAN CHANGE A MAN IS WHEN HE'S A BABY


WILD FLOUR artisanal cafe

LOVELY WILL RETURN

$4.25 for toast and coffee


MOUNTAIN MAGIC OUTFITTERS $50.77 for camel pack and hat [that is, a 3 litre hydration sack by Platypus and a baseball cap by Cloudveil]


Toward Tunnel Mt Trail from Tunnel Mot Rd 4.VII.06 12:16 pm


DIFF BETW. SCIENCE & PHILOS. [remainder of entry all in caps, but for clarity here in mixed face] Philos. provides grounding principles -- when science articulates laws it intersects with philosophy. Science is oriented largely to practical knowledge -- is more grounded in specifics rather than speculation. When I adjust my paddle stroke or my hydration nozzle, this is science -- when I consider the beauty of a good stroke or placement of the nozzle this is art or philosophy -- art is more the direct experience of the beauty, philosophy more the implications...

12:30 at trail head of Tunnel Mt Tr. The summit is 2.3 km away, 750 m up

rug/mat juniper privet some sort of rose tiny sarvisberry strawberry pussy toes (pink) harebells sedum (flowering yellow) yarrow golden ragwort or something very similar, gaillardia, lots of mosquitoes, carpenter ants and other sorts as well pines c two short needles to a bract, delphiniums (not flowering) uva ursi, some kind of short goldenrod or ranunculus [drawing of leaf] [crossed out:] might also be corydalis
pinkish corydalis lower down
lichen moss
[drawing with caption:] this is the flower head (unopened)
Gooseberry or something closely similar
[drawing of leaf, stem, and flower:] some type of white madder

1:54 pm at the summit -- butterflies on the mountain

LOGAN & CHRISTIE from Edmonton a pleasant conversation on the way down

This is the Western Edge of the Atlantic Realm.

2;40 back to the hard road halfway to the Banff Center

DAVE from TX gave lift from road

TOM TOM GPS GARMIN is good handheld recommendation by Fred Allen
FreddieAllen.com 3:00 pm
3:19 assessing foodstocks

BAGELS YOGURT sugar
SALAD PASTA pepper
BUTTER NACHOS tomatoes
JAM SALSA potatoes

Pernilla and Caspar 301









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