in a western direction

I had a destination in mind. Although getting there the easy way would mean taking the main highway and this is clearly not the option I wanted. So instead I took an alternate route and checked out some small ghost towns and churches. Although I didn't have much time it was enough to satisfy my urge to photograph and explore something. Some of the places I have visited I had already seen years ago, it was nice to see that not much has changed over the years. Instead of seeing vandalism it was just the elements that were taking their toll on the buildings.

Here are a few of my favorites...

visited this church years ago, very little has changed

still bright despite the age of these containers

This tricycle was neat to see - check out the bed in the background

 

 last picture of the day before it started to rain & snow

let the km count begin

As you know I was stuck with a rental car for the weekend. Deciding to take it out on the weekend i quickly calculated how many km i could take the car without going over the limit. I quickly made up a route and decided to photograph some churches I had never visited.

I was surprised to find a rural church that was not only open but they had obviously had a service that morning. This was the most clean church i had seen in ages and was shocked it was open. A beautiful historic church with stained glass and well kept I was eager to photograph different parts of it. After finding this church and numerous abandoned farmyards and schools I found one more church to end of my trip. It was a very old rural church but locked up and not very photogenic.


Started my trip out by driving the valley and found this neat ice jam...

Now onto the trip...

hello rental

My car is in for repairs and I was supplied with a rental. The idea was to only have the rental for a couple days during the week - but the more damage they found the longer my repair was and before you know it I had the rental over the weekend. Since i was limited to the amount of KM I could go a day and had only stayed in the city so far I decided to take it out in the country.

Despite being the most gutless car I have ever driven with no turning ability  - it did alright at least my car was getting a break from all the grids I take it down.

Pictures from the trip to follow.