It was a bit convoluted, a drive with friends. There is no photo evidence from me, but try to follow along. We zoomed out onto Stoney Tr, deked off onto 52nd to get a buddy, then back on Stoney heading east. Avoid getting diverted on the stupid and misleading intersection design. Settle in going east till Gleichen, turn right. Turn left and zigzag up the grid roads to Hussar for a brief stop to speculate about real estate sales. There were some photos taken of an old building that happens to be for sale for $65,000. There are homes for sale if you want a quiet life. More zigzagging past many wind turbines to emerge at Dorothy. The old grain elevator is still standing, just barely. Scoped out the famous church and school that is not as photogenic as it once was. Then north and out 573 in some interesting landscape and so so light. The Little Fish Provincial Park is closed, which wasn't a terrible surprise. We tried to find the way to Hand Hills Eco reserve, and failed. The road that appears to go there isn't plowed. Then along and back down the gully to Cambria. I did not have high expectations, and they were not met. There's even less of it than what I missed on a previous trip. Then into Drumheller for a surprisingly good lunch. Somewhere along there in no cell service land I got a thank you phone call voice message from mom. Up till then we had had pretty good weather, but it started to rainsnow in Drumheller, and did that all the zigzagging way home via the community of Rosebud, famous for dinner theatre. We tried to find Rockyford without looking at the map, and missed it by that much. We did not stop in Hamlet, though we slowed down for the railroad tracks near Delacour. I once tried for a sunrise session near there, and nearly froze as the wind tried to blow me and the car away. Then it was back onto Stoney trail, rain pouring down, dodging traffic till 52nd again, then home, where it wasn't raining.
Along the way, many things were discussed. It's been a while since I had seen Cam and Sean, and it was fun getting caught up. The time with friends is even more important than the photos created. There were spots along the way where with the right light the photos would be quite nice. We had hoped that a covering of snow would help the Drumheller gully would look less like a gravel pit. It appears not.
I did get the film camera out for a couple photos, so now I want to find something worth finishing off the roll for. Something I could print. Decisions, decisions.
In case you were wondering, these flowers were the first photo of 2025.
Here's a nicer photo of them late last year.
Of the Day
Driftwood (NZ)
Film
Linda
Newfoundland
Polar bears
Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did
90 days, or so ago
An alternative printing process. Way beyond my wheelhouse right now.
Celina
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