The Iwata Guide to Alberta

Before we left Toronto for colder temperatures and piles of snow, our friends Jen & Ty gave us an amazing gift: an Alberta Back Road Atlas. Best gift ever! No, seriously. Why? See below.

Jen & Ty marked up our atlas with super-fun, must-do, and "big things" to see and do all over Alberta:

• Fort McMurray Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Fort McMurray
• Gopher Hole Museum, Kneehill
• Hoodoo, Banff
• Lussier Hot Springs, BC
• Taber & District Museum / Irrigation Impact Museum, Taber

"Big" things to see:

• Mallard Duck, Andrew
• Beaver, Beaverlodge
• Skunk, Beiseker
• Pinto Bean, Bow Island
• Sunflower Plant, Bow Island
• Trout, Chin
• Piggy Bank, Coleman
• Lamp, Donalda
• Dinosaurs, Drumheller
• Cowboy Boot, Edmonton
• Baseball Bat, Edmonton
• Squirrel, Edson
• Bee, Falher CONQUERED 2013-10-08
• Pyrogy, Glendon
• Kielbassa, Mundare
• Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegreville
• Mushrooms, Vilna
• Trek Station/Starship Enterprise, Vulcan

In researching some of these things, I also found this amazing website www.bigthings.ca which we will also refer to and use to add to this list.

As a tribute to the Iwatas and their amazing gift to us, we will do them all. And, of course, post about it.
Challenge: Accepted. 

Those that have been conquered 

(Link: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zi5wMZQQpJRE.kGTF7IevUDw4)

More things to see:

• 12-Foot Davis, Peace River CONQUERED 2013-10-08