Long Lunches and Catalogue Houses

Rosemary held its first Long Lunch in the fall of 2009 – photo courtesy of Marg Loewen

On Canada Day, 2010, when we got the phone call, my partner and I were contentedly roaming around the town of Rosemary taking pictures of the parade, eating pulled-pork sandwiches and generally soaking up the prairie [...]

Highlights of our Canadian Badlands roadtrips

Cloud formations over the Neutral Hills

The Medalta Potteries at the Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic Site. New galleries and old kilns are open to the public for tours. We love our new Medalta ware baking bowls that we bought at the  gift shop and had shipped home.

The excitement, the cowboys, [...]

The Prairie Elevator and big open spaces

The carefully reconditioned Prairie Elevator in Acadia Valley

Few travelers to the Canadian Badlands end up this far from Calgary (390 km east or about five hours of driving), but we highly recommend it. We’re talking about the far east side of the Canadian Badlands, close to the Saskatchewan border. Around here, you’ll [...]