Two starred attractions in the AAA Tour book were Reynolds-Alberta Museum and Le Duc #1 Energy Discovery Center in Wetaskiwin and Devon.
The Reynolds-Albert Museum is a transportation center showing vintage cars, tractors, motorcycles, and airplanes. They even had some restored road graders, combines and steam engines. It also the home of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. One room had an observation area where we could watch restorations in progress and one area had an actual drive-in movie!
The Le Duc #1 Energy Discovery Center was the site of the first oil strike in Canada and changed Canada's dependency from purchased oil to becoming self-sufficent in oil, gas and coal. The museum had one unique display that made you feel as if you were descending into the earth's core on top of a drill bit while learning about how each stratta was formed. The main room was all about the oil rigs, drills, bits and rock testing. It was very technical and we are still not sure how an oil well works.
We spent the night in a rest area in Valley View after having dinner at a Casino.
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