Shortly after leaving Suffern Lake Regional Park Campground and getting back on the highway, we crossed the border into Alberta.

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For almost the entire time we’ve been driving we’ve been listening to Greg Iles newest book Southern Man.  The book was 45 hours and 44 minutes long and could have easily been half that length.  I checked on maps to see how many hours it would take to drive straight home from the point we finished the book and the answer was 34 hours (of course we didn’t come here straight from home, but I was curious.  We had driven over 56 hours at that point).  Listening to books over Apple Play is always a good way to pass the time.  Some are better than others.

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Uranian Cultural Heritage Village

The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Society purchased the present site and began relocating buildings from farms and towns of east central Alberta. Since the beginning more than 40 buildings have been moved to UCHV where they have been researched, restored and furnished to their early 20th century appearance.  The village used a technique known as first-person interpretation which requires that the costumed performers remain in character al all times.  Actors answer all questions as iff it is the year their building portrays.

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The outside and inside of the St. Vladimir’s Greek Orthodox Church, built in 1934

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The old school house on left, girls and boys outhouses in back, the barn for the horses some students rode to school and the Teacher Shack.  This was built in 1910.

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The inside of the one-room schoolhouse

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The “Teacher’s Shack” complete with a bedroom and a kitchen. Built in 1927.

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Railway Station

 

After spending around two hours at the Village we drove our final 51 miles to the Glowing Ember Campground west of Edmonton, Alberta, Site 319.. The first evening in Edmonton was the hottest weather they’d had in 40 years.  It was 92 and felt like 96. I looked at the weather at home in Lake Charles and it was actually warmer here.

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Sunset is 10:15PM and sunrise is 5:34AM

Trip Statistics:

  • Miles driven in motorhome today -213
  • Miles driven in car 0
  • Total driven in RV and car - 3,525
  • Camping at Glowing Embers Campground in Acheson (west of Edmonton) - $42.26 (Trip average of $36.25 per night)
  • Groceries, Earring Out and Snack have averaged $26.90 per day
  • Gas has cost $1,583.62 for both vehicles or and average of 63.34 per day —.45 per mile
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