Friday, August 20, 2010

Corner gas

Ok.... so the Corner Gas sign is gone, and you can't look into the Ruby... but Oh My gosh what a rush to walk the steps of Oscar and Brent!!! We weren't expecting much, seeing other posts of the old Corner Gas site, knowing that most of the stuff was gone, the Ruby sign ect... but it was sooo kewl. We illegally broke the laws to get a picture of the Kia in front of the "pumps" filling up with gas. Then we went into town. We were denied Brent's famous chili cheese dog, because they don't serve food on weekdays... but we did eat, buy t-shirts, gas up, mail a letter ( complete with a dog river postmark ) bought booze at the liquor/insurance store... yes it is both just like in the show! we went into the Dog River Hotel, and stalked the house that "Emma and Oscar" lived in.... we got a picture of the sites around town and had a blast. It was so worth the trip, it's only about 40 clicks out of the way of the highway... but come on... we stood on the Corner Gas lot!! Go... if you get the chance, and if you go on a weekend, have a chili cheese dog for us!

Hank and Wanda


where's Davis and Karen, I guess we'll have to do


creepin Oscar and Emma's house.....


yep insurance and liquor!! And the funny thing is, we can't seem to find these Caramilk coolers anywhere else except Winnipeg... and Rouleau AKA Dog River


wish we could've bought some of the crazy headline papers....


pretend there are handcuffs that Maddie is twirling in her fingers there....lol


parked at the Ruby


fillin up with gas


the Corner Gas set


behind the gas pumps, these have been added recently


in the opening credits Brent waves to Lacy over on the deck


the Grain Elevator still has the Dog River name on it, the water tower however is changed back to Rouleau


me pretending to be Lacy


like a kid in a candy store, so excited to be here! We all were, it was really fun!


as we drove up, the song just happened to be on the radio.... ok fine, on our disc!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, I am checking this blog using the phone and this appears to be kind of odd. Thought you'd wish to know. This is a great write-up nevertheless, did not mess that up.

- David

Dean and Selena said...

Thanx for your comment David

CConway said...

Hey!
I'm a truck driver from Wisconsin and love Corner Gas. Just so happens that many of my trips take me right by this set in "Dog River" and I have pulled off the main road a few times right in front of the old set. It is very cool just to walk around on it. The sign out front has been run over by someone but, other than that it all looks great. I miss my favorite Canadian TV show!! So much that I have the DVD's and put one in every night to watch as I fall asleep.

Dean and Selena said...

CConway,

Thanks for visiting. We can't wait for the movie so we can visit the live set!