Alberta Summer Season Bucket List - Things To Do In Alberta That You Have To Add To Your Summer Bucket List

Edmonton is home, and Alberta is filled with the wild open fields of the prairies, mountains, fun events and so many things to explore. This Summer we are keeping it close to home and exploring our backyard. Here are our Summer bucket list items in Alberta:

Have a food experience (a foodgasm if you will) - With ton of events that are centered about food these events are on our must see, I mean taste list: Taste of Edmonton and Edmonton Heritage Festival and Cariwest.

Spend some time exploring farmers markets - Edmonton Downtown Farmers' Market, Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market, the 124 Grand Market and Calgary Farmers' Market.

Hike and Camp Sulphur Gates – Take the short hiking trail to see the Sulphur Gates, an impressive cliff at the confluence of Smoky and Sulphur rivers. Dramatic rock formations adorn this site and define the two rivers in stark contrast. Sulphur Gates Campground is located in Sulphur Gates Provincial Recreation Area, 5 km north and 7 km west of Grande Cache off Hwy. 40. There are 22 equestrian campsites with corrals, and 2 equestrian day use sites. A short distance down the road there are 15 regular campsites suitable for tents or smaller RV's. From the parking lot at the campground, a short trail leads to lookout platforms with spectacular views of the Sulphur River canyon and the Smoky River.

Explore Drumheller Hoodoos – Enjoy the 0.2-km loop trail near Drumheller, Alberta. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of five min to complete. This is a very popular area for walking, so you'll likely encounter other people while exploring. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime.

Need for Speed: Downhill Karting by Skyline Luge – This gravity-fueled activity is located at the famous Winsport facility where the Winter Olympic Luge track is also located. Accessed via chairlift you will drop over 328 feet from the Start Zone and kart down the 5,905 feet of twisting track to the End Zone. Downhill Karting by Skyline Luge Calgary is a fun, fast-paced family activity that people of all ages and abilities can enjoy.

Go back in time and walk through Dinosaur Provincial Park - Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated a two hour drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 kilometres, about a half-hour drive northeast of Brooks. The park is situated in the Red Deer River valley, which is noted for its striking badland topography, and abundance of dinosaur fossils.

Affordable Summer Date Ideas

Warmer days are coming and I am so ready for it. The economic climate and year 2023 have been hard on many people but I'm a firm believer that you should never sacrifice quality time because of money. Here are few ideas that cost less than 20 dollars. One of my favourite summer dates is to just grab my boyfriend and go for a long walk with ice coffee or ice-cream, but here are 10 fun, and affordable dates to you can go on this season:

Go on a bike ride together.

There are so many places you can go for bike rides - if you are in Edmonton we are so fortunate to have ton of parks to explore. (Rundle, Hermitage, Rivervalley, Elk Island and so many more). 

Have a Costco hot dog lunch.

I know this might be the BEST idea ever. Grab your $1.50 hotdogs, a blanket and have a picnic date.

Watch the sunset and go stargazing together.

One of my favorite memories is sitting on top of my SUV, blizzards in hand watching the sun set over the city.

Have a beach or lake day.

We in Canada are so fortunate to have so many lakes to explore, so make a day out of it. If you are YEG local - Pigeon lake, Alberta Beach, Mons Lake, Buffalo lake, Sylvan and so many more.

Go for a walk.

Make ice coffee (or grand coffee) and for a long walk. We love going to parks but also  walks though the neighbourhood and "window" shop for houses,

Grab ice-cream at a near by ice-cream shop.

Have a movie night outside.

You can go to a drive in move theater but if you don't have access to one, you can just make one. Laptop, projector screen and a backyard. Laptop, bunch of pillows and blankets and cab of a truck. Pillows, blankets, popcorn and laptop on a balcony - most of these cost close to nothing but a fun way to watch a movie and cuddlee.

Check out a new coffee shop each Sunday.

Doesn't have to be Sunday but explore a new coffee shop every week - grab coffee and chit chat.

Workout together.

Go for a run, make a workout course in a park, do yoga, run the stairs.

Go for a hike.

Depending on where you live, you might be close to mountains, but if you are in a city with lots of park do a "city park hike".

Grab your significant other, your go-to summer outfit, and make this the Summer of your life (on a budget of course)!

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#bookofthemonth - Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

I read this book in a weekend, I loved it. Rom com, very Hallmark like.

“One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.”