660News Daytripper: A trip north on Highway 21
Posted Sep 5, 2012 7:15 am.
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Experience the birth of the energy industry or escape to a nature sanctuary hidden south of Edmonton.
Instead of taking Highway 2 north, pack a lunch and hop on Highway 21.
Turn right onto Township Road 344 and gaze into the badlands in Red Deer River Valley. The road leads into a pleasant picnic area with hiking trails around the Hoodoos.
Get back onto Highway 21and make a left on Highway 13 to Wetaskiwin, where you can learn about transportation, aviation, farming, and industry at the Reynolds Alberta Museum.
From there, take Highway 2A through the town of Millet and tour its museum or get lost in the Amazing Corn Maze off Township 484.
Continue on Highway 2A to Leduc and visit the #1 Energy Discovery Centre. Past Leduc, off the QEII, turn left on Highway 19 to Devon and tour the Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary and the Devonian Botanic Gardens.
