Bar U Ranch
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site is located in Longview, Alberta by Pekisko Creek. We had a nice carriage ride around the site, visited the saddlery, cookhouse, post office, and blacksmith buildings (http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/baru/index_E.asp). We had coffee and tea made for us around a campfire where the chuck wagon was and fresh out of the oven gingerbread cookies in the cookhouse. It turned out that the blacksmith knows my father-in-law and made us a souvenir on that authentic 1800’s forge to take home – what an honour! The plains of Alberta are beautiful. I love the green open land and clear blue sky.
Calgary Zoo
Although it’s not as big or elaborate as the Toronto and Granby zoos, there’s still plenty of animals, fun and interesting stuff for the kids (http://www.calgaryzoo.org/).
Although it’s not as big or elaborate as the Toronto and Granby zoos, there’s still plenty of animals, fun and interesting stuff for the kids (http://www.calgaryzoo.org/).
Drumheller
We are dinosaur nuts so for us, this is one of the coolest places on earth! In my own opinion, their dinosaur museum is the best museum, period, that I have ever been to. After our museum visit, we took one of the walking trails through the Bad Lands. They are incredibly beautiful (http://www.dinosaurvalley.com/).
We are dinosaur nuts so for us, this is one of the coolest places on earth! In my own opinion, their dinosaur museum is the best museum, period, that I have ever been to. After our museum visit, we took one of the walking trails through the Bad Lands. They are incredibly beautiful (http://www.dinosaurvalley.com/).
Nanton
In this small town not far from High River, there’s the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum and an incredible train shop devoted to Thomas the Train. At the back of the shop, they have an incredible garden railway (http://www.town.nanton.ab.ca/).
In this small town not far from High River, there’s the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum and an incredible train shop devoted to Thomas the Train. At the back of the shop, they have an incredible garden railway (http://www.town.nanton.ab.ca/).
2 comments:
Wow, that looks like it was a lot of fun. Next time, can you take my boys with you? They love zoo's, and digging in the dirt, and trains. My dad used to work for the "Mean Green Machine". I'll leave it at that and see if you know which line that is/was.
Wish I could oblige you but I don't think I could handle more than 2 kids. I must admit, I've done some Googling and you have me stumped. I found a reference to the Dukes of Hazard and Huffy bicycles. My initial guess was that he had worked for John Deere.
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