Calgary's Best Walks Guidebook
Bestselling Alberta author Lori Beattie is back with an expanded and updated 2nd edition of her hugely successful compendium of 45 Calgary’s best walks and urban jaunts. Get your signed copy at www.fitfrog.ca or at stores throughout Calgary! What’s new? 10 new walk routes with full-colour maps- 40+ suggested detours for the urban explorer to extend and expand walk routes- 35 revised and updated walk route maps- New wetlands and wilderness walkabouts- More off-leash areas featured for pups and their people- Even more tasty pit stop suggestions – cafés, ice cream and craft beer– New photos and artwork throughout– new content on topics ranging from First Nations history, geology, archaeology, botanical gardens, wetlands, and why walking makes us happy!
Bestselling Alberta author Lori Beattie is back with an expanded and updated 2nd edition of her hugely successful compendium of 45 Calgary’s best walks and urban jaunts.
Get your signed copy at www.fitfrog.ca or at stores throughout Calgary!
What’s new? 10 new walk routes with full-colour maps- 40+ suggested detours for the urban explorer to extend and expand walk routes- 35 revised and updated walk route maps- New wetlands and wilderness walkabouts- More off-leash areas featured for pups and their people- Even more tasty pit stop suggestions – cafés, ice cream and craft beer– New photos and artwork throughout– new content on topics ranging from First Nations history, geology, archaeology, botanical gardens, wetlands, and why walking makes us happy!
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The Artists
The Author
Sheila Kernan
Local Calgary artist Sheila Kernan finds beauty in large
urban centres as well as on remote mountaintops. She
believes that paintings should be alive, filled with energy
and excitement. They should bring a sense of joy. The world
is breathtaking and, as Sheila says, “I just have to capture
it. The possibilities are endless!”
Connect with Sheila at www.sheilakernan.com
and on Instagram @sheilakernanartist
Terra Simieritsch
Terra Simieritsch is a Calgary-based artist with a seasonal
approach. Her inspiration comes from time spent in the
natural world and her work ranges from landscapes to
portraits of the bugs, birds, and found objects she admires.
She teaches workshops to people of all ages with a focus on
creative expression.
Connect with Terra at www.terrasimieritsch.com
and on Instagram @tsimieritsch.
Mandy Budan
Finding inspiration from the parks and conservation areas
in her home province of Ontario, Mandy paints abstracts of
the landscape, emphasizing and rearranging the elements
to show the beauty of the landscape in unexpected ways.
Inspired by nature, she uses strong colour, discrete shapes
and rhythmic patterns to create paintings which can be
enjoyed for both their abstract and realistic qualities.
Connect with Mandy at www.budanart.com
and on Instagram @budanart
Lori grew up in Woodstock, New Brunswick in the
Saint John River Valley. After university Lori headed
west, arriving in Calgary in October of 1992. She created
Artistic Adventures in 1993, a business that offered
courses in creative writing, travel writing, playwriting
and improvisation, while hiking or in nature. In 1997
she realized that the two things she loved the most
were walking and running a business, so she started
Fit Frog Adventures, a walking business. Since then she
has been organizing and leading city walks, mountain
hikes, and snowshoe days. Her best-selling guidebook
Calgary’s Best Hikes and Walks hit the stores in 2002
followed by Calgary’s Best Bike Rides and Trails in 2004
and in 2015 she published the first edition of Calgary’s
Best Walks. In partnership with the Calgary Public Library
and the Centre for Newcomers Lori created the multilingual
Walk 150 for Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017.
She presents to groups on the pleasure of taking a walk,
getting to know your neighbours, building communities
through walking and making Calgary feel like home, one
step at a time.
Connect with Lori at lorib@fitfrog.ca
or on Instagram and Facebook @lorifitfrog
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