Random Pick: Irricana @ Night
We didn’t know at the time, but when these nothing photos of little Irricana Alberta were captured in early 2020, the world was about to change. Maybe forever. We all felt the rumblings and knew trouble was on the horizon, but to what extent and the magnitude, could not predict. Here’s some casual snaps from an adventure road trip, a mere week or two before the poop hit the fan.
With us blissfully ignorant to what was about to transpire, soon it’d be a descent into Covid madness from which there appears no recovery. In hindsight, what an eerie time, even if it takes us looking back to realize it.
Irricana is a place we know well and here we just stopped by on the way back home and decided supper was in order. The local dive bar* turned out to be the only game in town and so won by default. We had a great meal, cheap too, our last at a restaurant in a long time and met some interesting locals. We’d call that a win. Look at that old school phone booth!
The old Irricana Hotel (built 1910) has been closed a long time and isn’t looking so good. We understand someone was living in it then, although to look at the building you’d never fathom it possible. It’s listed for sale now, but we question anyone wanting to buy something needing so much work. The foundation shows buckling for one.
Once again, the random photos seen here are not all that bad, but worry at some point we’ll post something atrocious or real cringeworthy and have some explaining to do. These are unpublished images picked entirely by chance.
*Dive: in an endearing way.
From that same card dump…
Retro Motels: Medicine Hat Alberta.
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Date of adventure: March, 2020.
Location: Irricana, AB.
We’re in little Irricana Alberta.
It’s been closed for a while.
It’d be our last restaurant meal for a long time.
The only other open business.
Proud to be an Okie from Muskogee!
Just in case no one knows what we’re talking about, that song was playing on the jukebox when we came in.
Gary and Alice…great people in Irricana.
We enjoyed our visit and meal.
Better Chinese food that anywhere in Airdrie in my opinion.
Good to know.
I live in town so you could call me a regular… lol only place in town for a cold one
They have a monopoly!
I miss eating there as well as many other places during the covid lockdowns. Hopefully , never again for lockdowns, at least as long as I am alive .
No one will look back fondly on 2020-2021. We’ve not been back to this restaurant since, but think we will soon.