"My boys may not have travelled the world, but they have certainly travelled Alberta."

Saturday, July 31, 2010

What did July Look Like (over 2500Km)

July 6: 4H39m & 354KM
  • St. Albert - Mundare ***1h8m***91.8km
    World's Largest Keilbasa: Middle of Town

  • Mundare - Vegreville ***23m***23.8km
    World's Largest Pysanke, Elk: Off Hwy 16A,
    Our Lady of the Highway Shrine: Off Hwy 16 - near Vegreville

  • Vegreville - Lloydminster ***1h44m***145km
    World's Largest Survey Markers: East end of Hwy 16 on provincial border
    World's Largest Sundial
    Moose


  • Lloydminster - Dewberry ***56m***65.4km (although I'm sure Navi took us on a much longer route)
    World's Largest Chuckwagon: Hwy 45 through town
    Tirelady

  • Dewberry - Ross Lake ***27m***28.2km (However it took us longer, given that we were headed towards Elk Point) SecHwy 646
July 7: 2h49m & 199km
  • Ross Lake - Esker (Glacier Walking Trail) north off SH 646 to end of Twp. Rd. 564/RR 45

  • Esker Walking Trail - Heinsburg ***9m***7.3km (This does not include the drive along TWP RD 564) Alberta's Only Intact Wooden Water Tower

  • Heinsburg - Elk Point ***30min***34.4km
    Pete Fiddler: N end of town on Hwy 41

  • Elk Point - St. Paul ***30min***36.2km
    World's Largest UFO Landing: Downtown on Hwy 44

  • St. Paul - Bonnyville ***55min***69.5km
    Angus Shaw Statue corner of Hwy28 & Hwy 41 beside museum we also stopped for lunch and drove around trying to lose the truck that was following us

  • Bonnyville - Cold Lake ***43min***51.2km this does not include going to the different campgrounds or detours
July 8: 5h9m & 383km
  • Cold Lake - Lac La Biche ***2h***147km
    David Thompson: downtown by water front
    V&H Space Dock: foodstore & restaurant

  • Lac La Biche - Grassland ***38min***47.2km
    Tireman - Hwy 55

  • Grassland - Athabasca ***39min***48.3km
    Rocking Horse Ranch

  • Athabasca - Legal ***1h15m***99.7km
    Depression Pete doesn't count driving around town for a long time

  • Legal - St. Albert ***36min***40.4km
July 14: 1h16m & 80.1km
  • St. Albert - Morinville ***20min***19.3km
    World's Largest Toque


  • Morinville - Legal ***18min***21.3
    Depression Pete

  • Legal - St. Albert ***36min***40.4km although I took a much longer route home - why I went to Hwy 28 is beyond me
July 26: 2h51min & 194km
  • St. Albert - Villeneuve ***18min***15.3Km
    Weather Rock


  • Villeneuve - Sangudo ***1h5m***84Km
    Stone, mini grain elevator sundial: town entrance

  • Sangudo - Mayerthorpe ***17m***20.3km
    Fallen Four Memorial Park: 52 & Veteran's Way
    Four Metal Flowers: in front of RCMP building

  • Mayerthorpe - Whitecourt ***34m***46km
    Sled
    Steam Engine

  • Whitecourt - Carson Pegasus Provincial Park ***33m***28.7km
July 27: 8h13m & 579km
  • Carson Pegasus - Swan Hills ***1h8m***68.9km
    Wilderness Scene: off Hwy 33 beside tourist information booth

  • Swan Hill - Slave Lake ***1h29m***116km
    Wal Mart

  • Slave Lake - Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park ***19m***18.8km
    Bird Observatory

  • Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park - Hilliards Bay Provincial Park ***2h1m***149km
    Walleye: Sec hwy 750 @ Shaw's Point

  • Hilliards Bay Provincial Park - Carson Pegasus ***3h16m***227km
July 28: 4h20m & 281km
  • Carson Pegasus - Whitecourt ***38m***28.8km

  • Whitecourt - Blue Ridge ***31m***32.8km
    Trigon antique resstoration

  • Blue Ridge - Fort Assiniboine ***50m***59.7km
    World's Largest Wagon Wheel & Pick Axe: Hwy 33 beside museum
    Bear


  • Fort Assiniboine - Barrhead ***35m***40.3km
    Blue Heron - Downtown off Hwy33
    Tinman


  • Barrhead - Westlock ***35m***40.2km
    World`s Largest Tractor Weathervane: off Hwy 33

  • Westlock - Legal ***32m***38.5km
    Depression Pete: 50th & 47th down from small info booth

  • Legal - St. Albert ***36m***40.4km
July 31: 8h18m & 521km
  • St. Albert - Southgate Center ***29m***20.2km
    World`s Largest Shoes & Stockings (Immense Mode): 111St in City Bus Terminal

  • Southgate Center - Whitemud Tourist Center/ Gateway Park ***5m***2.5km
    Leduc #1 Oil Derrick Replica: Hwy 2, south side of Edmonton

  • Whitemud Tourist Center - Devon ***32m***35.2km
    Baseball Helmet: Hwy19 @ Baseball Park
    Oil Derrick: Hwy 60, 2km S @ Cdn. Petroleum Ctr

  • Devon - Mulhurst ***57m***58.9km
    Pink Combine: Hill Top House RR280

  • Mulhurst - Pigeon Lake: Ma Me O ***33m***31.0

  • Pigeon Lake - Bluffton ***52m***57.2km
    The Rock: Hwy22 TR440 Commemorative Memorial Park

  • Bluffton - Markerville ***1h26m***81.4km doesn't include trying to find the place
    World's Largest Cream Can: TR364A

  • Markerville - Sundre ***1h10m***74km
    8-ball

  • Sundre - Cochrane ***1h5m***79.7km
    Cowboy: NW of town museum
    White Horse

  • Cochrane - SeeBe ***46m***53.3km (couldn't find ghost town)

  • SeeBe - Canmore ***19m***27.7km
Didn't find about until after visit
No longer there

Couldn't find

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