Just outside our door is the Mission and Stanley Park area. If one begins on the bike path along the Elbow River through Sandy Beach down to the Glenmore Reservoir and through Fish Creek and back downtownis exactly 62 kilometers on the path. Continue reading YOU BETTER DUCK!!
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THIS ISN’T KANSAS TOTO
Tornado Wednesday. A grey blanket has fallen over Calgary. Impossibly large droplets of rain are falling. Booming thunder and jagged bolts of lightening to rival those of Phoenix makes their across the sky. Continue reading THIS ISN’T KANSAS TOTO
STAMPEDE AND ALL THINGS COWBOYS AND INDIANS
Word to the wise, avoid the mile long lines and purchase your Stampede tickets online in advance. It is hot by Calgary standards as we walk to the fairgrounds. Yesterday when we drove into town, we saw hundreds of cowboy hats marching to the stampede. Mom hats, dad hats and little baby hats…all shapes, colors and sizes. Do not be caught without a hat at the stampede. Continue reading STAMPEDE AND ALL THINGS COWBOYS AND INDIANS
MUSTARD FIELDS, BLUE SKIES AND LOOK AT THOSE SHOES
Up early…Calgary address punched into the GPS. Wide open highway flanked with alternating fields of corn, grain and mustard plants. Deep egg yolk yellow mustard flowers contrasting against a cloudless blue sky. Breathtaking. Continue reading MUSTARD FIELDS, BLUE SKIES AND LOOK AT THOSE SHOES