I’ll start this site with my favorite picture I’ve ever taken for my LEGO/travel Instagram (Minifig, Big World).

This photo was taken in Banff, Alberta during a trip to the 2017 Calgary Stampede (an annual rodeo festival billing itself as “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth”). Before heading to the Stampede itself, we spent a few days in Banff to kayak, mountain bike (during which a friend easily managed to break his collarbone after traveling halfway across the world for the trip), and explore through the beautiful mountain scenery. We capped the Banff portion of our trip off with a long hike up to Ha Ling Peak where I snapped the above LEGO minifig photo.

There’s something interesting about the niche hobby of LEGO travel photography. It forces you to focus down to a new, tiny perspective where you can see those small details you might not have otherwise noticed. (Not to mention, travel photos of a small LEGO are probably more exciting for other people to see than the 10,000th selfie with your own face covering 1/3rd of the screen.)

Here the photo overlooks the town of Canmore, with more of the Canadian Rockies crawling out into the distance. While all of that is out of focus for us, a gleaming river still stands out as it slithers between the hills and town. The LEGO minifig and the stone he sits on is in sharp focus as he enjoys a cup of coffee, the relaxed mood thematically juxtaposing with the arduous effort to climb the mountain. It is here that I insert myself and this site: sitting on my mountain of content, looking out toward the unfocused horizon where a future of possibilities may something something, blah blah blah, making more stuff up to sound like I thought this through, etc., etc. You get it. Picture of a toy on a mountain = fun.

Anyway, more to come about this and other trips, more photos, writing, whatever I want to put out here. It’ll be great! And to close, some more pictures from Banff: