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McDougall Church: Gone
We were coming home from a long weekend of fun. I had just turned off of the TransCanada Highway onto Morley Road, both to escape the Victoria Day traffic as well as because Waze always suggests that route when navigating … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, church, fire, history, loss, McDougall Memorial United Church, Morley, Morleyville
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Nordegg: The Video
While I should have been packing up the trailer so we can get on the road for the long weekend, instead I found myself in the basement putting the final touches on my video from our trip to Nordegg. I … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, ghost town, Nordegg
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Trip to Nordegg
Once again, my limited number of free hours has caused my latest posting to be a long time in coming. Once an idea for a post has formed itself in my mind, I find myself mentally drafting it in bits … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, Forestry Trunk Road, history, mine, Mountain Aire Lodge, Nordegg, North Saskatchewan River, Ram Falls, Red Deer River
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It’s Just a Fence, Right?
With work taking up a lot of my time lately, I haven’t been able to get out and do a lot of new exploration. I’m going to try and revisit some old trips or ideas and use those as a … Continue reading
Posted in History
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Arrowwood – The Video
Given how little drone footage we took in Arrowwood last week, the resulting video is pretty short and is mainly composed of still images, some of which I used in my original post. Regardless, you can check it out on … Continue reading
