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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Your Own Back Yard

It's rare to act like a tourist in your own back yard.  Sometimes you only see the 'cheese' in your local tourist attractions.  Sometimes you need to eat the cheese.

A few weeks back my family and I spent a couple of days checking out the Drumheller valley in Southern Alberta.  A very odd place with a lot of local history.  Mostly known for dinosaurs and the Royal Tyrrell Museum the valley has a lot more to offer if you look hard enough.



This is a shot of Alix.  She was our tour guide at the Atlas Coal Mine, the only mine left of 139 that were once in production in the valley.  I recommend the shaft tour (no jokes here... really) - it was very cool and you'll be lucky if you get Alix as your guide.