BIG silly things in the Canadian Prairie
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:37 am
Trying to take pictures of all the small town mascots and structures that dot the Alberta prairie. Much silliness, but this get's us to ride every weekend 
I res'd down the pics but they'll still take a bit to load as this is on my slow server. Sorry.
Apparently this is the biggest beaver in Alberta. Not that big IMO.
A steam shovel museum along some hwy that I forgot the number of.
You always get some interesting looks when you take your gear down to the parking lot like this
Not sure why the town decided they need a smelly rodent as a mascot, but here's Squirt the Skunk.
This was carved by Mr. Poulin, the owner of Poulin Chainsaws. Neat. Shawn's Rockster sitting beside my R.
Apparently the biggest gopher in the world. This town has a gopher museum that has 200 stuffed gophers doing things like dancing and hanging out at the beach.
The biggest lantern/lamp in the world. This thing actually lights up at night
After seeing the lamp, Chris haulin waaay too much deadfall for a fire.
The only spaceship landing pad in the world??
Taking a break at the largest Mallard in the world.
A large Elk . . . .
. . . next to the largest Ukrainian Pysanka (easter egg) in the world. This thing is made of laser cut aluminum sections and apparently is one of the first technical structures that can be totally assembled by an unskilled team. It's on a spindle, so that it rotates like a weather vane.
And last, but not least, the biggest coil of garlic sausage in a little town named Mundare. The biggest business is the Mundare Sausage House. This sausage is shipped all over Canada and really is an awesome sausage.
I res'd down the pics but they'll still take a bit to load as this is on my slow server. Sorry.
Apparently this is the biggest beaver in Alberta. Not that big IMO.
A steam shovel museum along some hwy that I forgot the number of.
You always get some interesting looks when you take your gear down to the parking lot like this
Not sure why the town decided they need a smelly rodent as a mascot, but here's Squirt the Skunk.
This was carved by Mr. Poulin, the owner of Poulin Chainsaws. Neat. Shawn's Rockster sitting beside my R.
Apparently the biggest gopher in the world. This town has a gopher museum that has 200 stuffed gophers doing things like dancing and hanging out at the beach.
The biggest lantern/lamp in the world. This thing actually lights up at night
After seeing the lamp, Chris haulin waaay too much deadfall for a fire.
The only spaceship landing pad in the world??
Taking a break at the largest Mallard in the world.
A large Elk . . . .
. . . next to the largest Ukrainian Pysanka (easter egg) in the world. This thing is made of laser cut aluminum sections and apparently is one of the first technical structures that can be totally assembled by an unskilled team. It's on a spindle, so that it rotates like a weather vane.
And last, but not least, the biggest coil of garlic sausage in a little town named Mundare. The biggest business is the Mundare Sausage House. This sausage is shipped all over Canada and really is an awesome sausage.
