Around Calgary
A leisurely morning was capped by a stroll with William to Anna and Dale's house via some nice footpaths in mini ravines.
Lunch in the basement (upstairs is rented out) was followed by a C-train trip with Anna and Dale into the city, where our first target, the Devonian Gardens, were sadly closed for reconstruction.
Dale was delighted to find the cowboy outfitters, Lammle's, still in business albeit he kept his wallet firmly stowed. Lots of hats (stetsons) were tested. Sorry, no photos, except of cowboy boots.
We walked from there to Fort Calgary and spent a while in the museum that traces the history of the North West Mounted Police (later the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) since its inception in 1875 for the purpose of maintaining law and order.
Coffee, desperately needed, was provided by the nice people at the site of the old mattress company that we visited a couple of days ago on our visit to the zoo.
A search for a burger for supper drew some disappointments. One restaurant closed, another full, and Tim Hortons rejected. The first acceptable place that we found was nearly empty, but we took the risk. The Anatolia Turkish Restaurant provided an excellent meal and slowly filled up with Turkish customers. A good find!
C-train back to 69th Street, refreshments at Mark and Julianna's house, goodbyes to Anna and Dale, and that's just about it from another sunny day in Calgary.
6 km in sundry bimbles.
3 comments:
All those cowboy bots! I've often thought it would be nightmare having a footwear shop having to stock all the different sizes. You seem to be having a very long trip, but you're not missing much over here.
Yes Conrad - quite a long trip. We'll have a big pile of post building up.
More mountains tomorrow. ...
I expect to see you in some fine Cuban heeled boots on your return!
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