Day Seventeen
Left Dinosaur Provincial Park before the predicted flood waters arrived and before the Park Warden could come by again and warn us about a plague of locusts.
First stop was the Atlas Coal Mine -- a National Historic Site. While the mine itself is blasted shut, the mine tipple is still tourable. It was operational until 1979 and is the only wooden tipple left in Canada. This is where the coal was sorted into different sizes and loaded into rail cars. We went inside for a tour and were glad we made the stop. They closed the museum as soon as we left to help with the evacuation of East Coulee.
Next stop was the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller (aka dinosaur museum). We spent about an hour and a half there. Saw everything without being too rushed and headed out of town before they closed the bridges and evacuated the lower parts of town. Saw dumptrucks bringing in sand to build dykes.
Final stop was the hotel in Calgary. The Bow River was flooding, but had crested earlier in the day. Saw a golf course under water. Hotel was dry and it was sunny all day. Margot reports that the horsey set from Spruce Meadows stays at the same Holiday Inn and Margot ate breakfast next morning one table over from Ian Miller.
Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
View from Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
Inside the Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
On the old railbed leading to the Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
Rail bridge over river near East Coulee Alberta
Hoodoos on the way to Drumheller
Hoodoos on the way to Drumheller
Royal Tyrell Museum Exhibit
Future Paleontologist examines fossils at Royal Tyrell Museum
Predicted local emergency (flooding) in Drumheller
First stop was the Atlas Coal Mine -- a National Historic Site. While the mine itself is blasted shut, the mine tipple is still tourable. It was operational until 1979 and is the only wooden tipple left in Canada. This is where the coal was sorted into different sizes and loaded into rail cars. We went inside for a tour and were glad we made the stop. They closed the museum as soon as we left to help with the evacuation of East Coulee.
Next stop was the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller (aka dinosaur museum). We spent about an hour and a half there. Saw everything without being too rushed and headed out of town before they closed the bridges and evacuated the lower parts of town. Saw dumptrucks bringing in sand to build dykes.
Final stop was the hotel in Calgary. The Bow River was flooding, but had crested earlier in the day. Saw a golf course under water. Hotel was dry and it was sunny all day. Margot reports that the horsey set from Spruce Meadows stays at the same Holiday Inn and Margot ate breakfast next morning one table over from Ian Miller.
Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
View from Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
Inside the Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
On the old railbed leading to the Atlas Coal Mine Tipple
Rail bridge over river near East Coulee Alberta
Hoodoos on the way to Drumheller
Hoodoos on the way to Drumheller
Royal Tyrell Museum Exhibit
Future Paleontologist examines fossils at Royal Tyrell Museum
Predicted local emergency (flooding) in Drumheller
posted by Winter Family Web Logs at 2:36 AM
2 Comments:
It's all very interesting! Riding Mountain sounds like a great place to visit. You've had some very dramatic skies too. We're out of the heat wave and now we're freezing!##*)#!* Lots of rain too.
Enjoying catching up on your news and photos.
R&R
Enjoying your chronicle very much - look forward to the next posting. Sorry to hear the truck played up but sounds like you got it fixed. We played tonight at the Polish Festival in Ottawa! A different gig! It was fun and we even got a Polish dinner out of it! Martin
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