Road Trip: Ukrainian Historical Village

Sometimes, there is a detour in the road. I had explored the map and thought hmmmm. You see, I was on the road to Edmonton in order to make it to a specialist appointment for my youngest. She was down with pneumonia and I wasn't exactly pleased with the diagnosis from the Emergency Department. Sometimes, you have to trust your instincts and mine told me to hightail it to Edmonton to see what her specialist had to say. For the record...he said plenty and I wound up with a miniature pharmacy. But that is another story....I only mention it so that you know how it was that I came to be on the road. My travels went through Fort Saskatchewan. I found a hotel that was reasonably priced and had space so there we stopped. Hmmmm...we were only 20 minutes from the Ukrainian Historical Village and I had never taken the children there. Part of coping with children on the road is keeping them occupied. (And for the record, she was not contagious and was already doing better ;)) So, the Ukrainian Historical Village was remarkably quiet. We found it charmingly lovely and really enjoyed it. They were not busy so some of the buildings were closed but our wagon rides in between each building taking us to where we wanted to go was amazing. First, we explored the art gallery. Then, we walked the causeway to find the wagoneers waiting for us. They drove us past the muddy pathway to the dugout. The girls weren't that impressed with the dugout, but spent a long time at the farm. They liked chasing the chickens out of the strawberries and had a lengthy conversation with the sheep. We visited the store and learned about weighing the groceries. Our wagnoeers gate crashed a tour for us so we could see the school house and we got into trouble for accidently going into the saloon. That was not for the ladies after all. I think my favorite spots were the APP house where the lady of the house explained how to cook on her stove and going with the wagon throught the grain elevator. Here is a sample of what we discovered.

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