Category Archives: Travel

We Bought a Boler!

Posted on June 14, 2022 by danocan

We joined the vintage trailer club and bought a 1978 Boler 1700. This is a major downsize from our old fifth wheel and also represents a step back an additional 22 years from our last trailer. What surprises will owning … Continue reading →

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Searching for the Lousana Grain Elevator

Posted on March 3, 2022 by danocan

According to research done by our late friend Jim Pearson, there are five Alberta Pacific Grain elevators remaining in the province of Alberta. The company itself disappeared (was bought out) in 1967 so it isn’t surprising there aren’t many examples … Continue reading →

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Flashback: A Tour of Graceland in Memphis, TN from 2009

Posted on February 12, 2022 by danocan

We haven’t had much time to get out and explore these last few weeks so I decided to put together a video from a tour I did of Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion from May of 2009. Come along for a … Continue reading →

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Sun Dek Motel in Medicine Hat, Alberta

Posted on November 24, 2021 by danocan

On July 2, 1966 a woman named Maude wrote a postcard to a couple in New York state. More than fifty-five years later it found its way into the hands of DanOCan and started him unraveling a mystery that spans … Continue reading →

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Another Elevator Gone

Posted on November 5, 2021 by danocan

We’re shocked. We shouldn’t be because this happens all the time. Overnight we lost the grain elevator in Rouleau, Saskatchewan to fire. Famous for being painted as “Dog River”, the elevator was an important background set piece on the TV … Continue reading →

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