We didn't make any plans for Sunday or holiday Monday. Generally speaking these are quiet days at most Taverns and not the best time for a visit. But we did head out on some road trips both days to check out a number of small towns near Edmonton. Some hotels were closed on Sunday and holiday Monday.
All told I think we drove by and looked at around ten establishments and stopped for a beer in a few of them. The towns that we scouted included Leduc, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Gwynn, Bittern Lake, Camrose, Roundhill, Kingman, Hay Lakes, New Sarepta, Bruderheim, Lamont, Chipmen, Hilliard, Mundare and Vegreville. Some of them no longer have a hotel, while others are not appropriate for our project. We made some contacts and have a couple more lined up for the next time that Chris and Connie can make it up to Edmonton.
The project is not limited to the Edmonton area and we intend to take the next five to ten years and explore small town hotels all over Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and maybe into Montana. Once we have accumulated a suitable body of work we will work to put together a traveling exhibition, and then approach some publishers about doing a coffee table book.
Victoria Hotel Bruderheim, here we come!
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