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Club Events 2005 : 2005-06-05 : COC - Alberta Culture Tour: Gopher Museum and Buffalo Jump

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We live in a mad mad mad mad world. Some places madder than others. And some of us are from those mad places. In fact, my dad's side of the family hails from Torrington, Alberta, but most of us cleared out in the 70's and 80's, so I had never gone to the Gopher Hole Museum. After discussing this compelling prairie roadside attraction on a hike with a club member who shall remain nameless, I set up this event (only to have said nameless member back out two days ahead... OK, OK... it was GYMANASTICS JOANNE!), but the rest of us had a smashing good time. We checked out the gophers, bought some stuff, heard the Gopher Song, had lunch at Tommy's and toured the gophered-up fire hydrants sprinkled throughout the village. I didn't realize before I went there that the murals at the museum were painted by my cousin, artist Wayne Schneider, so it was a pleasant surprise to find his name and accolades all over the place. A less-pleasant surprise in finding my grandparents' old house sunken further into disrepair (continuing its spiral that started when my grandmother left Torrington after my grandfather's death in the early 80's). After touring Torrington, most of us returned to Calgary. It had been raining all week leading up to the event, so we would not have been able to hike at Dry Island Buffalo Jump. Some were not yet satisfied, though, so one carful continued on to Dry Island after Torrington where they were pleasantly surprised by the lack of quick sand type mud and hiked along the road down to the river which was about 200m. They didn't venture onto any of the little trails as they figured they might get swallowed whole, so they just stuck to the road. The sun came out and they had a beautiful view of the valley and a pretty warm little hike. They also took a slightly different route home for a little change of scenery by taking the 21 straight south. . -- Rhonda

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We live in a mad mad mad mad world. Some places madder than others. And some of us are from those mad places. In fact, my dad's side of the family hails from Torrington, Alberta, but most of us cleared out in the 70's and 80's, so I had never gone to the Gopher Hole Museum. After discussing this compelling prairie roadside attraction on a hike with a club member who shall remain nameless, I set up this event (only to have said nameless member back out two days ahead... OK, OK... it was GYMANASTICS JOANNE!), but the rest of us had a smashing good time. We checked out the gophers, bought some stuff, heard the Gopher Song, had lunch at Tommy's and toured the gophered-up fire hydrants sprinkled throughout the village. I didn't realize before I went there that the murals at the museum were painted by my cousin, artist Wayne Schneider, so it was a pleasant surprise to find his name and accolades all over the place. A less-pleasant surprise in finding my grandparents' old house sunken further into disrepair (continuing its spiral that started when my grandmother left Torrington after my grandfather's death in the early 80's).

After touring Torrington, most of us returned to Calgary. It had been raining all week leading up to the event, so we would not have been able to hike at Dry Island Buffalo Jump. Some were not yet satisfied, though, so one carful continued on to Dry Island after Torrington where they were pleasantly surprised by the lack of quick sand type mud and hiked along the road down to the river which was about 200m. They didn't venture onto any of the little trails as they figured they might get swallowed whole, so they just stuck to the road. The sun came out and they had a beautiful view of the valley and a pretty warm little hike. They also took a slightly different route home for a little change of scenery by taking the 21 straight south. .

-- Rhonda

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Art by Wayne Schneider
Cheryl
Dave
Gopher Museum Humor
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Walking around Torrington

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