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Our Weekend trip to Fort McMurray
Yes we did it, we decided to go to Fort McMurray. Both Neil and I wanted and needed to see what all the fuss is about! One things for sure it's a long boring drive of over 400 kms.
I was quite amazed when we finally got there I thought it was going to be this grey horrible looking place but it was actually very pretty! Yes Fort McMurray and pretty in the same sentence.
We went to their Heritage Park and I'll be honest with you now we have done a fair few of this Heritage parks and have now decided to call it quits with them. Once you have seen one you have basically seen them all!
So after we had spent all of about 15 mins in there we were moving on!
I thought is would be a great idea to drive to the Atherbasca Sand Dunes, we set off past the Oil Sands which are situated 35 kms outside the town of Fort McMurray and kept driving North. After 70 kms we were faced with a gate and a warning sign! We needed to be well equipped to drive any further. The road was made out of sand and knowing us if we proceeded down it we were going to get stuck! It will have all just ended in tears. We should have both learnt our lessons by now, this is Canada and some of these roads are bad.
We had to turn the car back around and head back to Fort McMurray. It's a very isolated town the nearest place is Edmonton you only drive past a handful of communities on the way. It is the truth that house prices are ridiculously high the same house you could buy for $350,00 in Edmonton is around $700,00 in Fort McMurray!
Of course we went to the Oil Fields, we paid $35 each and to be honest it did seem like a waste of money. I was expecting to see the Oil Sands but they didn't show it us which was very disappointing and had I have known this I probally would have not done the trip! We were allowed to take photos but we are not allowed to e-mail the pictures or upload them on blogs or social etworking sites so that annoyed me even more. You have to ask for permission but it's a long process and to be honest the snaps I've got are not even worth it.
The above picture used to be an old oil sands patch and they have reclaimed the land back to how it was, I was quite impressed
One thing we did find funny was the fact that they offered the Playboy channel for free in the hotel room, I must admit I have never been in a hotel with free porn before.
All in all the place wasn't too bad, there were lots of families there and I didn't feel bothered walking around the streets. It was just like any other town, i'm sure it does have its problems but so does everywhere else, like Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver! The people in general were very friendly, and liked the fact that we came up to see what it was all about. Would I go back there, no I probally wouldn't been there, done that now. I'm glad we did it though, it did dispell some of the rumors for me.
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Posted: 07:53, Wednesday 11 August 2010 |
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