The idea for this week’s post all started with an Amy Rosen story in Maclean’s magazine about Melita’s banana mascot. Melita is a small town in southern Manitoba, an area of Canada that Manitobans like to call the “banana belt” because of its milder temperatures. Many Melita locals however, weren’t in favour of a banana [...]
One of the highlights of our visit to the Canadian Badlands (http://canadianbadlands.com) in southeastern Alberta was touring the Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site.(http://www.atlascoalmine.ab.ca) It’s managed by an amazing storyteller. In the space of an hour or so, she brought to life a wild and woolley era of Canadian history. One hundred and thirty nine coal mines [...]
Our first introduction to the Canadian Badlands of Alberta was a ten minute helicopter ride (Mountain View Helicopters) over Horseshoe Canyon near Drumheller (about the canyon). This canyon is part of the Red Deer River Valley. Glenn snapped these graphically stunning photos from the air. Note the dark green borders. These are shelter trees that protect the crop fields from high [...]
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