On October 20th, four members of the Monochrome Guild headed out for our annual Fall Photo Weekend. Our collective of photographic artists has taken this trip every fall, for 26 years. The first one was in the year 2000. We were not able to organize the event in 2020 when Covid was in full force. In 2021 we were able to organize a limited outing.... but just two day trips, close to the city. Normally we head out somewhere for three or four days of photography.
This year Arturo, Nigel, Gord and I decided to head down to the Drumheller area. This year was particularly enjoyable because my youngest daughter Helena decided to join us. She has been really keen on doing stuff with me in recent months, which is fantastic. And this year she was able to be away for five days, because there is no school. The teachers in Alberta remain on strike.
Nigel and Gord drove down together, and Arturo caught a ride with me and Helena. We left the city around 9:30 in the morning on Monday October 20th. Along the way we made a stop at the town of Big Valley. The last time I spent any time here was in 2023 when we visited.... twice... with the Beer Parlour Project. This time around it was the off season, and not much was open, and not a lot of people were around. We photographed at the ruins of the old roundhouse, and some of the other historical stuff that is on display. We only spent an hour or two, and then moved along on our journey to Drumheller. We would actually be staying in East Coulee. We had reserved the large house across the street from the shop. It was a somewhat extravagant place to stay, but with the cost shared between the group of us, it still remained reasonably affordable, and was a nice treat.
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