Cemetery stories
I’m hooked on cemeteries. They hold so much potential for great stories.
Red Rock Coulee
From Red Rock Coulee in southeastern Alberta, on a clear day, you can see the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana.
Halloween across Canada
In Canada, it’s darker at this time of year. There are fewer waking hours and dusk and darkness are often inhabited by unexplained events and ghostly phenomena.
Central Canada meets western Canada
Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.
Canada’s urban wildlife
As urban sprawl grows so do the number of unusual wildlife sightings in Canada’s urban areas.
Knit one, pearl two
“Baa, Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full “. The old nursery rhyme came to mind when we toured the Custom Woolen Mills. The smallest of wool batches are processed here along with large orders. Located near the community of Linden, Alberta, Custom Woolens was started by hobby […]
Halloween in Canada
Halloween is big business in Canada. Just ask Statistics Canada.
Canada’s BIG mascots
A “mascot” is an animal, person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck.
Halloween in Canada
Two of the creepiest places to spend Hallowe’en in Canada are Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and the Atlas Coal Mine near Drumheller in the Canadian Badlands of Alberta.
Cowboys and Badlands, Alberta Canada
A highlight of one of our Canadian Badlands road trips in Alberta was the annual Oyen Bullarama. We arrived in the late afternoon in Oyen, a town of 1200 near the Saskatchewan border…
Atlas Coal Mine
One of the highlights of our visit to the Canadian Badlands in southeastern Alberta was touring the Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site.