Fall Photo Weekend - Day 3

One of the neighbors in East Coulee told me about the monthly pancake breakfast at the Community Hall.  It is held on the last Sunday of every month, except July, August and December.  The five of us decided to head over for something to eat.  We arrived at the hall at 9:00AM when it opened.  There was a big spread of coffee, toast, juice, hash browns, two kinds of eggs, bacon, sausages, pancakes and ham.  Locals run the event and it is a fundraiser for the community.  The cost was only 12 bucks each.  Once we finished breakfast we went back over to the shop and packed up our gear.  

We hit the road around 10:30 and headed east.  We passed through Dorothy and headed up into the Hand Hills.  This is a large sprawling area of high land on some prominent hills that are signficantly higher in elevation than the surrounding plains.  We came across an old farm yard and shot there for a while.  It was heavily overcast and much colder and windier than it had been the previous two days.  Conditions were far from ideal, but we made the best of it.

Later we continued on to the town of Craigmyle.  I had shot here before and there were a couple of interesting old buildings.  The light was not ideal, and the buildings are mostly boarded up here, so we took a pass on any shooting.  We continued to the north west, looking for an abandoned house that Gord had visited in the past.  We couldn't find it, but eventually stumbled on the Springwater School.  This is a provincial historic site and is an old school house made of fieldstones.  It is deteriorating, and has suffered a little vandalism.  On this blustery fall day we ended up doing our shooting inside.  By the time we finished, the sun was breaking out a little, but by this point it was so late in the day that there really wasn't any opportunity to head to any other locations. 
We hit the road for home and ended up back in the city by around 6:30PM.  It was a great weekend and I really enjoyed getting out with my friends.  It was so nice to get back behind the camera again after such a long time away from any serious shooting.  I ended up taking 48 sheets of black and white film, as well as a couple of color shots.  There were also a few record shots captured on my digital camera and on my phone.  I now look forward to getting back into the darkroom so that I can start processing some of this film.