01-30-2024, 03:41 PM
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#3441
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Because it would be silly to start a "Tell me about Sundre" thread...Im gonna post here.
I need to basically kill a day in the Sundre area on Saturday. It's an area I haven't spent much time in (besides driving by it), so I'm wondering if anyone has any noteworthy suggestions to do around there or within an hour radius. Cool nature or off-roading trails, photography spots, western culture, the world's best donut...whatever. Just trying to avoid loitering in my car all day, or having to drive to Red Deer.
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01-30-2024, 03:51 PM
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#3442
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evil of fart
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My inlaws live on an acreage 10 minutes outside of Sundre. In the 25 years I've been going there, I have yet to find one single thing that is fun, interesting or entertaining. The restaurants are also awful. I had the worst steak of my life at a restaurant there.
I dirtbiked in my 20s and that was somewhat fun around there. I've also had various 4x4s and it can be fun to go down random roads, but not better than MacLean, which is way closer. Sundre blows so hard, dude.
If anybody comes up with something fun I'll be all ears. Would love to be able to entertain myself with something when we're out there.
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01-30-2024, 04:07 PM
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#3443
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Well that's not a good start. I was hoping there would be a treasure trove of options.
I do have a 4x4 though. Any particular trails you went on?
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01-30-2024, 04:22 PM
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#3444
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Well that's not a good start. I was hoping there would be a treasure trove of options.
I do have a 4x4 though. Any particular trails you went on?
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I wouldn't be able to direct you to any, unfortunately. My brother-in-law is my navigator out there.
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01-30-2024, 05:02 PM
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#3445
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Calgary
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Is the old Burger Baron still open? I haven’t been to that place in 20 years.
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01-30-2024, 05:08 PM
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#3446
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
My inlaws live on an acreage 10 minutes outside of Sundre. In the 25 years I've been going there, I have yet to find one single thing that is fun, interesting or entertaining. The restaurants are also awful. I had the worst steak of my life at a restaurant there.
I dirtbiked in my 20s and that was somewhat fun around there. I've also had various 4x4s and it can be fun to go down random roads, but not better than MacLean, which is way closer. Sundre blows so hard, dude.
If anybody comes up with something fun I'll be all ears. Would love to be able to entertain myself with something when we're out there.
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I've been to that big gas station a few times. The store is huge, has all sorts of things that would have been unreal when I was a kid. Like fireworks, bottle rockets, little banger things, cool bongs. I always wish I had at least half an hour in there. Always bring home kids cool things.
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01-30-2024, 08:27 PM
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#3447
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Because it would be silly to start a "Tell me about Sundre" thread...Im gonna post here.
I need to basically kill a day in the Sundre area on Saturday. It's an area I haven't spent much time in (besides driving by it), so I'm wondering if anyone has any noteworthy suggestions to do around there or within an hour radius. Cool nature or off-roading trails, photography spots, western culture, the world's best donut...whatever. Just trying to avoid loitering in my car all day, or having to drive to Red Deer.
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On a typical January/February I'd suggest taking the cross country (classic or backcountry) skiis, or the fatbike. But after the meltathon maybe just take your ice skates.
If you're outa stuff to do hop into your sleeping bag in the car, pop in the headphones for some tunes/podcast, and make it a mega chill day.
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01-30-2024, 08:42 PM
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#3448
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Ha, that is a phrase my mom would say all the time.
She never ever threw anything away, I'm sure that's cuz we were poor AF, but I can remember her cutting mold off cheese and chucking only the moldy pieces of bread away.
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Sounds like your Mom might have been selling penicillin and LSD on the side.
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01-30-2024, 08:45 PM
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#3449
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
My inlaws live on an acreage 10 minutes outside of Sundre. In the 25 years I've been going there, I have yet to find one single thing that is fun, interesting or entertaining. The restaurants are also awful. I had the worst steak of my life at a restaurant there.
I dirtbiked in my 20s and that was somewhat fun around there. I've also had various 4x4s and it can be fun to go down random roads, but not better than MacLean, which is way closer. Sundre blows so hard, dude.
If anybody comes up with something fun I'll be all ears. Would love to be able to entertain myself with something when we're out there.
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It wouldn't be terribly shocking to us if your in-laws have some pretty entertaining stories about you. Maybe Table 5 could drop in on them?
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01-30-2024, 09:28 PM
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#3450
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze2
I've been to that big gas station a few times. The store is huge, has all sorts of things that would have been unreal when I was a kid. Like fireworks, bottle rockets, little banger things, cool bongs. I always wish I had at least half an hour in there. Always bring home kids cool things.
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Is this the James River gas station you’re talking about? We have friends with some land out around there and it’s fine for camping and that kind of thing but I don’t know of specific things to do. I’ve gone fishing west of there, but that’s about it as far as my knowledge of the area.
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01-30-2024, 09:52 PM
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#3451
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by D as in David
Sounds like your Mom might have been selling penicillin and LSD on the side.
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I wish, maybe then I wouldn’t have had to wear my sisters hand me down jeans
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01-30-2024, 10:13 PM
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#3452
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First Line Centre
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My vet is in Sundre, and it has to be the most nothing to do town in Alberta, especially this time of year. Ya Ha Tinda is about an hour's west, but I don't know what's accessible this time of year.
If nothing pans out, it's only 15 mins to Olds. You'd at least have some options for lunch or coffee.
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01-30-2024, 11:40 PM
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#3453
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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My in laws have a lot of land just south of sundre and it's probably one of my favourite places to be
The town itself though? I have no idea
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01-31-2024, 04:24 PM
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#3454
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Salt activates the potato
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01-31-2024, 04:30 PM
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#3455
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
My vet is in Sundre, and it has to be the most nothing to do town in Alberta, especially this time of year. Ya Ha Tinda is about an hour's west, but I don't know what's accessible this time of year.
If nothing pans out, it's only 15 mins to Olds. You'd at least have some options for lunch or coffee.
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02-02-2024, 10:07 AM
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#3456
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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Ya Ha Tinda is usually accessible all year around. It's plowed, because of the ranch out past the campground. A lot of people head out and climb the ice on the falls.
So, you could do that. There's not much to do around Sundre.
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02-03-2024, 10:06 PM
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#3457
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Does anybody remember Christmas edition Coke cans from the 90s where when you aligned two cans the right way it looked like Santa snorting a line? I don’t know if this is a false memory, but I remember this and trying to search for that only brings up the historical associations with Coke and cocaine.
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02-04-2024, 02:03 PM
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#3458
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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It's always interesting ( not surprising ) how the posters with the worst more over reactive takes about the Flames, in turn just have awful hot headed takes in the off topic thread.
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02-04-2024, 02:08 PM
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#3459
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It's always interesting ( not surprising ) how the posters with the worst more over reactive takes about the Flames, in turn just have awful hot headed takes in the off topic thread.
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Some people have a very negative energy. It carries through in a lot of their interactions. They just seem angry.
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02-04-2024, 02:09 PM
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#3460
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Some people have a very negative energy. It carries through in a lot of their interactions. They just seem angry.
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Or just unhinged. The kind of people who honk in traffic jams.
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