Ram Falls
A house on the hill
Swamp Car
Old Farms in Winter
Road Trip 2017: Sunset, Sunrise
Originally published: August 18, 2017 In Alberta You Don’t Pay the Ferryman Slicing almost due west from the strange tower, we kept to back roads, making our way towards the Red Deer River. All along the way the land teased of something different, just over the horizon. The GPS, iPhone and Alberta Atlas (that’s an actual paper …
Road Trip 2017: The Badlands’ Last Stand
August 19, 2017 Rowley probably won’t remember us. As they no doubt hoped, we left no trace that we were there. This road trip was winding down. We had no plans and no fixed destination for the day. We rolled generally northwards until I realized we may be getting dangerously close to civilization. At the …
Road Trip 2017: Helen of Oyen
August 16, 2017 Before we start day three … Anyone who’s been to the Bruce Hotel for their famous steak dinner knows that amazing food can be found in some pretty odd places. Yet while you might expect a small rural hotel in Alberta could deliver an epic steak, who would imagine finding world class Chinese food …
Road Trip 2017: Oyen Has the Best Chinese Food
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 …
Road Trip 2017: Rowley, Filling in the Blanks
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 …