The Open Road

June 30, 2017

Free as a bird on the open road...some photos from road trips near and far.

Above is the road through Fort Walsh National Historic Site in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan.  It was a late spring day boasting of greenery and sunshine.

October 22, 2019

A shot taken just off Highway 41 near Schuler, Alberta.  I love prairie views...big and captivating.

October 25, 2019

The post and chain fence along North Canwood Cemetery in Saskatchewan.  By the way, the hotel in Canwood serves delicious homemade burgers.  I met some friendly people who were up for a chat with a stranger too.

November 24, 2017

If you pull off the highway at Cascade, Montana and travel north you'll be rewarded with sights of natural beauty as well as the remains of an old mission.  I took this photo from the high point in Saint Peter's Mission Cemetery looking northwards.  The white crosses mark "unknown" graves that date back to 1866.

January 30, 2017

Just north of Medicine Hat, Alberta...I was out looking for nothing in particular that afternoon but the big blue sky was a never-ending display of the spectacular.

December 14, 2018

I turned off the highway north of Francis, Saskatchewan to find Christ Lutheran Church some miles down this straight and narrow road.  All of the door and window openings have been covered with steel mesh...someone wants this old beauty to last a few more years.

December 15, 2018

Just a few miles south of the Manitoba/North Dakota border on a brisk winter day.  This is Lesje Lutheran Church and is more or less near Roth, North Dakota.  The overall landscape of northwestern North Dakota looks just like this...and there are dozens of country churches in the area.

December 15, 2018

Somewhere in the vicinity of Souris, North Dakota...a power line, some snow, a gravel road and a great big sky. 

March 27, 2017

This photo was taken along the road allowance that passes by Grandview Cemetery in northern Montana.  The Sweet Grass Hills can be seen in the distance.

February 22, 2019

The former site of a pioneer school.  The Berghanson School sign is northeast of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan.  No matter which direction you choose, the view is much the same.

July 30, 2019

As above but five months later that same year...still nothing for miles and miles but the ditches have some green grass.

October 14, 2018

The plains of Vulcan County, Alberta.  The sign at the side of the road marks the former location of Marshall School.

November 19, 2019

The railway crossing at Whitepool, Alberta.  The old elevator is still standing.

January 4, 2020

Late afternoon near the crossroads at Dneiper, Saskatchewan.  The temperature was quickly dropping with the setting sun and it was time to get back to the motel.

It's always a good day out on the open road.