Chris, Byron and I had booked one extra day at the rental house in Macklin. There wasn't any point trying to visit any more Beer Parlours on Sunday April 12th as most of them aren't open on Sundays. In fact most of them aren't open on Monday either.
We decided to spend the day exploring and did a big loop around Macklin. We started to the southeast, and then circled around to the south, and then eventually headed north. We stopped at an old trestle bridge on a long abandoned rail line, and a grain elevator on the same line. We found a couple of old farm buildings along the way, and a couple of decaying small towns.
In one of the towns there were two abandoned schools. An old one that had been abandoned when the new one was built, and the abandoned newer one, which was shut down. The few students remaining in the area are now bused to larger centers.
The ever present flocks of geese were all over the place, and at times the skies were full of them. On this day the miserable wind seemed to have let up a little, so I was actually able to get my view camera out and take a few photographs. It still wasn't very pleasant, but it was better than it had been in recent days.
As the afternoon wound down to evening we made our way back to the rental house. With no old hotels to visit on this day it would just be a relaxing evening to unwind, before packing up and heading home the next day. Chris and I ended up going to the local Chinese restaurant and there was a buffet on. Byron decided to stay behind at the house and take it easy and made a meal of some of the stuff we brought along.
No comments:
Post a Comment