Visiting the Atlas Coal Mine today, then driving the Dinosaur Trail and Hoodoo Drive around Drumheller. Tonight we’re checking out the Badlands Passion Play. Suppose to be cool with the Badlands setting. Wonder how it ends!
The Royal Tyrell Museum is really amazing. You could actually use a whole day to explore all it has. They should offer multi-day passes. Here’s a video someone posted with highlights:
The Cretaceous Garden I somehow missed:
The Atlas Coal Mine closed in 1984 I believe. They blocked the mine entrance, but for tourist they reopened a few feet. It’s just that it’s at the top of a large hill, so to see it they take you up the tipple (the large wooden ramp with the conveyor belt the coal comes down), then a bunch of opened stairs. You walk down the same way, so dad was very brave.
Did the Dinosaur trail. Think it was north from Drumheller to the very short Bleriot car ferry, with the World’s Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller’s Little Church, Horse Thief Canyon (horses would go into the canyon, then come out with a different tag) on the way, then Orkney Viewpoint and back south to Drumheller. We continued onto Horseshoe Canyon after that. We would have drive to the ghost town of Wayne but ran short on time.
Attended the Badlands Passion Play tonight. It was really good. The acoustics in the outdoor amphitheatre were amazing, and the actors used the different hills and valleys during the performance. At the end there were a bunch of Jesus in white cloth around the surrounding hills. You can’t take photos during the show, but I got one beforehand. The bugs got bad during intermission, so mom and I put on our special bug-repellent clothes. Intermission was wry successful as we went to the car to get our bug-clothes, beat everyone to the washroom, and got ice cream. We were parked near the rear of the parking lot, but we managed to beat everyone out of there too!
**They share a link with a bunch of their photos from the show since you can’t take your own, so I shared a few
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Out West 2023 
That’s just such an amazing and interesting place to explore. Yes think you could spend a day or two there. Enjoy your day!
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Did you ever get there when you lived in Edmonton?
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I realized today it didn’t open until 1985 so after you lived out west.
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