0 km - Total so far 1,308.99 km - Rest day
- Last evening we started our 1 day vacation inside our vacation. After awesome pizza from Canadian Pizza Unlimited, we went for a walkabout in downtown Drumheller. Let's just say that there isn't much action on a Sunday night so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. We checked out the many dinosaurs that are all over town and even got one to give us a ride in his sidecar.
Dino giving us a ride in his sidecar
- The plan for today was to take a tour with Wild West Adventure Tour, an organization that was thoroughly researched before leaving Ottawa. The tour company sent a car to drive us to the Royal Tyrrell Museum to spend the morning. We were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of the exhibits. This place is a national (world) treasure and the 3.5 hours we spent there were just not enough. We were told that many visitors spend two days and we can understand why. After the museum, we returned downtown and had a nice light lunch at the Brick furniture store. Yes the Brick store has the Ole Cafe attached to it. At the cafe you can buy the usual stuff or the chair or couch you happen to be sitting on.
Albertosaurus - A video of some furry friends just outside the museum
- At 1:30 we got on the tour 15 passenger van with another family and the adventure began. Don and Val Johnston are the tour owners and you personal guides. They took us to Horse Thief Canyon, Badlands Passion Play site, Orkney Point, the suspended bridge at Rosedale, Hoodoos and the Last Chance Saloon, in Wayne. We also crossed the Red Deer River on the Bleriot Ferry. The entire trip lasted 3 1/2 hours and we had a wonderful time. They are very knowledgeable and witty so it was very entertaining, a must do. We finished the day with a steak dinner at Evans restaurant.
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| Horse Thief Canyon |
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| Orkney Point |
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| Badlands Passion Play site |
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| Hoodoos |
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| Last Chance Saloon, Wayne, Alberta |
- With one more night at the Econolodge campsite (wink, wink), we are getting ready to once again hit the road bright and early in order to avoid the heat. At 6 pm tonight, it was 31 degrees in Drumheller. Destination for tomorrow Hanna, with a possible side trip to the Chinese restaurant in Delia to enjoy, we are told, the most enjoyable hamburgers!
- We leave with this video of a Chicago Coin's Band Box, dating to the 1940's.
Dan and Helene:
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Did you spot any fossils in Horse Thief Canyon? As a child visiting the canyon, I once thought I'd made a fossil find; it turned out to be desiccated scat. So, no brilliant career as a paleontologist.
Safe travels and keep blogging,
Helen
Drumheller is a really interesting place, I love the pic with the Dino and the Band box
ReplyDeleteSylvie
Glad you guys are having fun.
ReplyDeleteAll the best.
P.S. Enterprise data loads are doing just fine :)
Zeljko
Well done! The tour hit all the highlights of the Drumheller area.
ReplyDeleteCompletely unrelated interesting fact: Did you know that Alberta is 'Rat Free'? As the Norway Rats approached Alberta's eastern border (about 1950) the government took steps to halt the advance. They established a rat control zone from the border to 29 Km west.
Details can be seen here:http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3441
If a rat is found west of the control zone it hits the news in Alberta.
Continued good travels.
Quelle belle journée de vacances, très bien mérité! Vous nous faites ressentir le plaisir que vous abez a faire ce voyage! Merci a vous deux de partager tout ceci avec nous
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