Spur of the Moment Southern Alberta Trip

In late January I had something rare happen to me.  I actually had a day off and no plans.  Now I probably should have stayed at home and cleaned up, or caught up on sleep, or perhaps worked on replacing my day job that I despise, however I couldn’t let the opportunity to play with my new camera and see some new sites pass by.  We decided to go somewhere.

 

A few days in advance Arilem and I sat down and brainstormed some ideas of where to go.  It sounded like a good time to get out of the province for a day.  We considered Brandon and Winnipeg; however I was more interested in going west instead.  We contacted Captain Canada to see if he had any plans as he had given us a couple invites in the past.  As luck would have it he wasn’t up to much that weekend so we had our destination decided.

 

We left Regina at about 2PM on Saturday and after 1600km we made it home just before midnight on Sunday.  We hit up a few great locations throughout southern Alberta.  We ended up about 100KM out of Calgary at one point which is a fair distance to travel on what was pretty much a day trip.

 

The highlights include a late night visit to a really old industrial location with some beautiful brick arch work.  We also stopped by an abandoned water park which unfortunately had just been cleaned up and secured again so it wasn’t as fun as it could be, but it was still interesting and it was a nice night to be outside.  Other highlights include an abandoned CP Rail work train sitting on a siding in the middle of nowhere and a very interesting World War 2 British Flight School.  All things considered the trip was very rewarding and tiring.  I hope to have another update on here soon.

 

Various brick work in old industrial location

 

Old School found on our way

Hangers at WWII British Flight School

Old abandoned CP work train

Red Rock Coulee