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Tag Archives: church
Revisiting McDougall Church
You don’t need to follow DanOCan.com for long to know that McDougall Memorial United Church is one of my favorite places to visit. I have been out there for Historic Calgary Week presentations, in the dead of winter, and in … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, church, DJI, drone, history, Mavic, Mavic Pro, McDougall Memorial United Church, Morley, Morleyville, winter
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2016 In Review: Explorations, Visitations, and Tribulations (Part 2)
Well, in sitting down to write Part 2, I realized I made a glaring omission in Part 1. I completely overlooked that Emily had a tradeshow in Atlanta at the end of June and I flew down to Georgia to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Arizona, Atlanta, BBQ, Bryce Canyon, church, Dorothy, Drumheller, Georgia, ghost towns, Grand Canyon, Heritage Park, history, Jeep Liberty, museums, pizza, railroad, road trip, Route 66, Rowley, Saskatchewan, schools, Utah
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Journey to Garden Plain
It was just your typical 1335km weekend road trip. While the primary goal was to attend the Southern Alberta Weekend (SAW) which is an annual Geocaching event put on by the South East Alberta Region Cache Hunters (SEARCH). Of course, for … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, church, Drumheller, Garden Plain, grain elevator, history, prairies, Scapa, Sharples, Springwater School
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Perseid Meteor Shower
I’m normally an “early to bed, early to rise” kind of person. I don’t mind waking up before the crack of dawn if it means getting an early start on a road trip or heading to the airport to jet … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography
Tagged church, McDougall Memorial United Church, meteor, outdoors, Perseid, Photography, sky, stars
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Badlands Exploration
There are so many things to see in the badlands of Alberta that it is impossible to see them all in one trip. Our normal strategy is to simply pick a couple key things to target and then try and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, bridge, church, Dorothy, drone, East Coulee, grain elevator, history, pizza, road trip, Rosebud, Rosedale, Rowley, suspension bridge
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