Cheese Factory Museum & Ice Cream Parlor in Glenwood, AlbertaJuly 12, 13, & 14, 2007 We are staying in the campground at The Great Canadian Barn Dance in Hill Spring, Alberta. The campground is a PPA park $12.50 weekdays with no discount on weekends thus $25 for 30-amps and water. We located this place 6-years ago and had a good time at the Barn Dance, this time we decided to stay at their campground. These are great people. If you are looking for the Great Canadian Barn Dance and Campground it is located at: N49° 20.635' W113° 36.972' for those of you not into GPS drive 14-miles south of Pincher Creek on PH 6, then turn east on PR 505 and go another 14-mles where you will see the signs for the Great Canadian Barn Dance. Turn north on that road the Great Canadian Barn Dance will be less than 3-miles up that road on the west side.
For those of you that are not familiar with PPA (Pass Port America) it is an organization you can join for less than $50 per-year. Campgrounds that belong to PPA offer 1/2 price discounts. That kind of savings can quickly add up. While participating PPA parks generally have some restrictions on dates the PPA offer is valid, or possibly days of the week the discount is valid, or perhaps the number of days that the PPA discount will be honored the discount is genuine. Many times PPA campgrounds are new campgrounds that need help in getting established. Other times PPA campgrounds may be on the outskirts of town instead of in the "prime" location thus they need to provide an incentive for campers to stay with them. Whatever the reason PPA campgrounds generally provide a much cheaper option. PPA is the only campground organization that I think is worth the cost. PPA does not have a gimmick. What you see is what you get. Once you join they send you a directory listing all participating campgrounds. The PPA directory is the FIRST directory we check when trying to locate a place to spend the night. You can join PPA by calling 228-452-9972. If you decide to join PPA, it would be nice if you gave them my number "R-0156251" as the PPA member that told you about PPA. In return PPA will give me a $10 credit toward next years membership. I will thank you in advance for that kindness. Thank you. Old Cheese Factory in Glenwood, Albeta
We were in the Old Cheese Factory Museum in the very small community of Glenwood looking at and reading the displays when an elderly lady started talking with us. She could tell we were tourist.. She was one of three ladies and a man at the only table in the museum/ice cream parlor. The 94-year old man turned out to be Ned Davidson the cheese maker from the old cheese factory. (Read the article to your left and you will know who "Ned Davidson" is) The women were his sister-in-laws. They introduced us to Ned and had him tell us all about the way cheese was made in the "old days". Ned has macular degeneration and is all but blind. His three sister-in-laws stopped by today and took him out for some ice cream. When the sister-in-laws spotted tourist that were interested in cheese making they jumped at the chance to put us together. We had a grand old time. I think Ned enjoyed himself as much as we enjoyed him teaching us the art of cheese making. This chance meeting was our "serendipity" for the day. After we left the cheese factory museum and ice-cream parlor Joyce and I started discussing how sweet it was for 3-sister-in-laws to stop by and take take their 94 year-old brother-in-law out for ice cream. I wonder how often that takes place? If that isn't a sweet thing I don't know what is.
Old cheese cutter at Cheese Factory & Museum Glenwood, Alberta
This old cheese cutter was on display in the Glenwood Ice Cream parlor and old cheese factory museum.
Cheese Factory Museum in Glenwood, Alberta
This is the local ice cream parlor and Cheese Factory Museum in the small town of Glenwood located at the intersection of PH 810 and PH 505. For many years the Cheese Factory was the focal point in town. This is the place where we had the fortune to meet Ned Davidson.
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