tourist ghost town

On our trip we decided to visit a ghost town that is a known tourist location in the area. It is an old city turned ghost town. The family that lives there tried to restore a few buildings and make it a tourist site. With only the museum and few other buildings restored they have not/will not finish the other buildings in the works.

We took a tour of the museum. Full of artifacts, photographs and other interesting items it was well worth our time and money. Our tour guide was full of knowledge and made the experience fun. I learned alot about the town and it was neat to look around at what was left today.

This if what always continues to fascinate me about this hobby. Seeing photographs and hearing stories about a place when it was at its best and then looking at it today.

Anyways, here are some photographs from the town.

gravestones

with a "state of the art" hydrant system the city still burnt

creek ran through the town

original bank safe

brothel house

the mountain trip

Our first of two large trips took place this past weekend. What an amazing trip to say the least.

I had high hopes for this trip. I was going to explore in the Canadian mountains and i didn't have to plan anything. The trip started out terrible for me. One thing lead to another until things got extremely out of hand and i was past my breaking point. I called them all on it. I am treated like one of the guys but i was the only one getting this treatment. (didn't help i was the only girl) Things took a turn for the better after this and i started to enjoy the trip.

We explored some old mines and found plenty of old mining equipment and some ghost towns. Nothing like Saskatchewan - i was fascinated by everything including the mountains, water, wildlife and more. I was educated in the local mining for silver by a man at a museum in a ghost town. It was both educational and entertaining. I got plenty of exercise hiking the mountains and had my ears popped countless times. We saw both coal and silver mines which was very neat.

We also did some tourist stuff like visit hot spring caves which was definitely a highlight in the trip. We stayed at cabins in the mountains and the views were spectacular. I learned alot on this trip and would definitely go back.

Some events from the trip:
- getting covered in coal dust
- having a snowball thrown at me in summer
- seeing the Canadian mountains
- fire near a lake looking at mountains and an almost full moon
- museum tour in a ghost town
- driving up mountain roads
- climbing a crooked ladder then sliding through a fan hole
- forgetting a flashlight and finding one in the building
- climbing under fences
- being covered in salt
- having a bear near our cabin
- hot spring caves
- dealing with three men in a tiny car for 3000+ km

Pictures are in the process of being sorted and should be posted soon. Check back soon.

Here is a sneak peak..

Photo Credit: Phoenix Enigma

school central

Went out on a day trip shopping the other day with a friend. Driving down the highway i quickly started to notice many abandonment's along the way. Making note of each i stopped at each of them on the way back. Most were modern schools schools that just sat in tiny towns along a main highway. To my surprise most just sat abandoned and were not re-used.

Since we were on a strict schedule i decided to only photograph the outside and document where these buildings are for future reference. I plan to go and see the inside of these places in the neat future. The architecture and decayed exteriors are still beautiful and i plan to share those with you.

Next few are not schools but definitely worth sharing