August 17, 2017 Day three Searching for ghost towns and other relics in rural Alberta leads to some very remote places. Lunch is not always easy to find; routes need to seriously consider the next gas station. Maps on cell phones stop offering advice, and finding the next ‘destination’ can resemble a scavenger hunt with very …
August 15, 2017 Day Two, almost If you drive around Wainwright long enough you will find Anna’s Restaurant. It’s actually very easy, it’s just not obvious. Anna’s is attached to a gas station. It has a big sign that says, “Anna’s”. Well, maybe it’s more obvious than I let on. Eat breakfast there. First, it’s the …
August 18, 2017 Douglass Adams was a very cool guy. He wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Read it, don’t watch it), he hung out with the Monty Python gang, he liked Dire Straits, he cared about the environment. When he died David Gilmore played Wish You Here Here at his funeral. That’s pretty cool. Anyway, in the HHGG, Adams introduced us to the Total Perspective …