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The Remaining Bus Traps of Calgary, Alberta
In this week’s video, we visit and document the remaining bus traps in the city of Calgary and document them so future Calgarians will have something to remember these somewhat-barbaric traffic control devices by. Continue reading
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
For this week’s episode, we’re sticking close to home and doing a walking tour of the western part of Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park near Cochrane, Alberta. Using a Geocaching Adventure Lab as our motivation, I set off with Mabel the … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Hiking
Tagged Adventure Lab, Alberta, Canada, dog walking, geocaching, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, hike, Provincial Park, Waverley Chimney, Waverley Ranch
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Road Trip to Lethbridge
Posted in Travel
Tagged Alberta, Canada, Cowboy Trail, geocaching, Granum, Nanton, Priddis, road trip
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Ghost Town Convention 2008
Yes, another look back at a previous weekend of exploration, this time from July of 2008. With a home base of Ardath, Saskatchewan, twelve keen abandoned places explorers set out to see what they could find… Unlike last week, I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Ardath, Bounty, Canada, Conquest, ghost town, grain elevator, Harris, Laura, Saskatchewan, Tessier
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Looking Back at the First Ghost Town Convention – Hallonquist, Saskatchewan 2007
Almost a dozen years ago, I wrote a blog post about how a group of strangers first came together on a hot July weekend in 2007 in southern Saskatchewan and spent two days touring ghost towns and abandoned places together. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography
Tagged abandoned, Braddock, Canada, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Hallonquist, prairie, Saskatchewan, school
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