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Alberta, Go East of Edmonton, Playground - July 9, 2021

St. Luke School Playground Cooking Lake

St. Luke School is located in South Cooking Lake and it has a fantastic park located behind the school with lots of field space to enjoy a sunny afternoon. The school is located 22139 S Cooking Lake road, Sherwood Park. The park has a large tower with a tube slide and viewing windows. It also has a few smaller slides and some climbing structures with natural looking logs in the large sandbox. There is a few other spiny accessories, two car structures as well as a saucer swing and a larger swing set in the other Sandlot. Don't forget to...

David Thompson Resort Rocket Playground

David Thompson Resort is located on Highway 11 the David Thompson Highway about half way down Abraham Lake before Rockies Heli Canada if travelling from Nordegg. If travelling from the Icefields Parkway it will be after Coral Creek/White Goat staging area and Rockies Heli Canada. There is a large parking lot and gas station located right In front of the park and you can see it from the highway. This playground is open to the Public so anyone is welcome. A must stop if you have kids; we promise they will love it! There is also a restaurant, Gift store,...

David Thompson Country - HWY 11

One of our families favorite places to travel in Alberta is in David Thompson Country. This area of Alberta is a Gem that connects the flat prairies into the majestic Canadian Rockies. You can watch the transformation before your eyes as you travel down Highway 11 towards the Icefields Parkway. If you are looking for endless places to hike, camp, paddle or waterfall chase; this place is for you. We have completed many adventures in this area over the years so check out our other Blogs as well to see places like Allstones lake and Siffluer Falls Wilderness Area. Our...

Jurassic Forest | Explore YEG

We decided to check out Jurassic Forest located just outside of Gibbons Alberta, a short drive North from the City of Edmonton. What a fun place to take the family for a couple of hours and explore the Old Growth forest with Prehistoric Animatronic Dinosaurs hidden throughout. We pre booked our timeslot on there website as required for limited capacity during Covid. We lucked out and got the first timeslot of the day and it felt like we had the place to ourselves. The Playground area, Dig site and Gift Shop were open however the concession and Mini Golf were...

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April 13, 2021

Bunchberry Meadows | Hike YEG

Bunchberry Meadows is located West of Edmonton and North of Devon Alberta. (approximately a 25 minute drive from the Edmonton Airport.) Please note that this is still private property and conservation lands, therefore No Dogs Allowed. Now that we all know where to find this beautiful place let's talk about it. There is so much to see here and the dirt maintained trials make the park easy to navigate. You will make your way through Old growth forests over 100 years old, meadows and wetlands. You will come across some seating along trail; Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife. Also...

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