Back from Calgary
And what an amazing time it was!
Wednesday flew up on Air Canada/Mapleflot on an E-190, which was quite a pleasant flight. Met my friend Ryan and then we went downtown to grab a bite to eat.
Thursday morning, we got up and went to one of the Stampede pancake breakfasts held around town. Then we headed downtown on the C-Train and poked around downtown Calgary for a bit before we headed to the Stampede grounds! This huge fair was a blast - so much to see and do!
I enjoyed a "hot beef sundae" which consisted of slices of beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, shredded cheddar cheese and a cherry tomato on top. Mmmm... fair cuisine :) Also enjoyed some bacon ranch fries, and some mini donuts
The chuckwagon races were a blast to watch, and the friendly looney betting between Ryan, myself, and Ryan's friend Trish netted me 2 looneys ($2CAD) at the end of the 9 heats :) After the chuckwagon races was the Grandstand Show, which was cool to watch. I hear it's essentially the same every year, so maybe I'll go to the show next year and maybe I won't.
It got out about 1130pm, so we picked up some more mini donuts and tried some deep fried Coke which was a total gross bust. That was about it for the day.
Thursday was a day trip to Banff, to the beautiful Lake Louise, where myself and my friends Ryan and Daylen then set off on an 11km roundtrip hike to a teahouse with overpriced water and warm lemonade :) After that we visited a quasi-ghost town called Bankshead, and then went into Banff for dinner at Saltlik. Good food :)
We went out that night after freshening up, and were out until 3am. Haha... fun times!
Wednesday flew up on Air Canada/Mapleflot on an E-190, which was quite a pleasant flight. Met my friend Ryan and then we went downtown to grab a bite to eat.
Thursday morning, we got up and went to one of the Stampede pancake breakfasts held around town. Then we headed downtown on the C-Train and poked around downtown Calgary for a bit before we headed to the Stampede grounds! This huge fair was a blast - so much to see and do!
I enjoyed a "hot beef sundae" which consisted of slices of beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, shredded cheddar cheese and a cherry tomato on top. Mmmm... fair cuisine :) Also enjoyed some bacon ranch fries, and some mini donuts
The chuckwagon races were a blast to watch, and the friendly looney betting between Ryan, myself, and Ryan's friend Trish netted me 2 looneys ($2CAD) at the end of the 9 heats :) After the chuckwagon races was the Grandstand Show, which was cool to watch. I hear it's essentially the same every year, so maybe I'll go to the show next year and maybe I won't.
It got out about 1130pm, so we picked up some more mini donuts and tried some deep fried Coke which was a total gross bust. That was about it for the day.
Thursday was a day trip to Banff, to the beautiful Lake Louise, where myself and my friends Ryan and Daylen then set off on an 11km roundtrip hike to a teahouse with overpriced water and warm lemonade :) After that we visited a quasi-ghost town called Bankshead, and then went into Banff for dinner at Saltlik. Good food :)
We went out that night after freshening up, and were out until 3am. Haha... fun times!