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PICKS: Granville Island, Vancouver Granville Island is a fairly touristy conglomeration of a pricey farmers’ market, some knick-knack/toy/t-shirt/souvenir shops, sprinkled in with a few art galleries and locally owned boutiques. Although this wouldn’t normally be our kind of gig, it does have a great pier for sitting in the sun near the water. It was […] PICKS: Luczak Lab at Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience, Lethbridge, AB Far away, in the central Albertan plains of Lethbridge, there is a neuroscience revolution happening. The University of Lethbridge is collecting a cadre of hardworking neuroscientists to take over the world (or maybe just publish a bunch of papers), among them is our friend […] Soda Butte Campground in Gallatin National Forest We stopped here for the night on our way out of Montana before we got back into Yellowstone for some hiking. It was another in a string of cheap ($9), well-maintained National Forest campgrounds (this one had potable water spigots and pit toilets). Another plus: we were fairly […] PICKS: Newton Creek Campground in Shoshone National Forest Leaving via Yellowstone’s east entrance, you immediately enter the Shoshone National Forest and pass around 10 national forest campgrounds within the first 30 miles out of the park. They cost between $7-9 per night and most have potable water. The first campground we pulled into (at around […] Salt Lake City has a lot of what you would expect (Mormon influenced squeaky clean culture) and a lot of what you would not (an active LGBT community, a vocal liberal political presence, lots of gothy/punky/alt culture kids and a rockin’ arts festival). Although there are several intriguing things going on in SLC, the clash […] |
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