Had a nice breakfast and Frank seems to be better. His Asthma seems to be under control. We woke up to rain and suppose to get rain off and on all day. Great sign today
was "Semi Trucks cannot use "Retarder Brakes". LOL This cracks me up, partly because some of these drivers drive like they are retarded. Faster than most cars. We saw our first Black Bear coming towards the highway!! There was no where to stop and take a picture, but I bet the cars behind us got a good look. Had another beautiful drive today on the way to Calgary. When we got to Calgary it was just starting to sprinkle a little. Went to the Canada Olympic Park where the winter olympic games were held years ago. What an interesting place that was! Being right there seeing the Toboggan runs, and the flags of the different countries were just beautiful, and the Lug
e. How exciting it would be to be there while it is happening. Found out that here they make 98 percent of their own snow for skiing, seems the weather does cooperate for the skiers. It started raining real hard so we had to make a run for the car. But what we saw was great. Driving through the town was interesting also. This pic of the signs is typical of signs in most cities we have been in. Confusing? Yep. The Calgary Tower which is in the downtown area, has a torch atop it and it burned nonstop during the Olympic Games and is now illuminated on special occasions. The Stampede was another awesome place to see. We missed the Calgary Stampede by 10 days. But we did walk on the ground where everything happened. hahahahahaha
Saw the Arena where all the roping, etc. was done. and the smallness of the track they used for the Chuck Wagon Race, which was won in 1minute 15 sec. Since there are over 1,000,000 people that come to see this, it is much better to be able to watch it on television unless your a horse person, then to be here would be on your list of things to do. Had a bite to eat then left town in the rain again. Out of town the roads were pretty clear. The traffic of the city was gone and we had a good, peaceful, relaxing drive through what they call "Prairie Land". I expect I might have to do some driving tomorrow because now the road is clear and straight for miles and
miles. We pulled in for the night in a town called, Strathmore which is just East of Calgary. The sun came out
and we are getting some dinner and looking forward to tomorrow. Good Day :)
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Did you eat in the revolving restaurant on that bldg. believe it was one of the banks. I put Raymong in that luge and took his picture. The fellow asked if I"d like to take him to the top and let him ride down?, it is a sandy hill that is used for practice. Yep they make lots of snow.
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