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Tag Archives: Rowley
Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Day One
Each year since 2014, we get together with a group of friends and tour around the small towns and abandoned places in an area of Alberta for a weekend. This year our tour took us back to the area surrounding … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, Canada, Craigmyle, Delia, Drumheller, ExploreAlberta, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, Golden Grain School, Michichi, Morrin, museum, prairie, Rowley, Rumsey, school, Special Areas, Springwater School, Surprise School
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Pizza Night in Rowley
If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know we are big fans of the town of Rowley, Alberta. Founded in 1910, reaching its zenith in the 1920s, rediscovered as a setting for films and movies … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Badlands, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, ghost town, grain elevator, history, pizza, Rowley, Sam's Saloon, travel'
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Badlands — the Video
Finally! It took multiple attempts to get this together after Windows Movie Maker kept crapping out on the clip of Wayne for some reason. I had to split the video in two, compile each half separately and then put the … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Atlas Coal Mine, Badlands, Big Valley, Canada, church, Dorothy, Drumheller, Last Chance Saloon, Rosedeer Hotel, Rowley, Wayne
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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
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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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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
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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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Back to the Badlands
One of the best caching experiences we ever had was back in the summer of 2006.Life in the Wet Lane There was a weekend event called “Badlands Cache Quest” and we camped at the Lions Youth Camp just north of … Continue reading
