Best Western Calgary

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... Howdy - Yaaa-Hoo! (this is a long entry as I was so exited to go to the Stampede) Good morning from the Best Western Airport in Calgary!  After a good night's sleep I wake up early to start my Stampede-Parade-Day-getaway package!   Step 1 - ...

... sober up before I went to a client function at the Calgary Petroleum Club...think "Oil Baron's Ball" as shown on Dallas. Invite said "Best Western" rather than black-tie so yes..I had on my cowgirl boots, hat, beaded choker, little denim skirt and a pink ...

... shopping. then drove on East to Calgary.  On the way into town we saw the ski jumps, bobsled runs, etc. from the Calgary winter Olympics.  The facilities are on the outskirts of Calgary and about 50 miles from the mountains.  What a ...

... in the mold of Denver maybe, sprawled out along the plains with mountains rising along the horizon.  I’m tempted to compare Calgary and Edmonton with Denver and Dallas or one of the other western cities, but I know the analogy would quickly ...

... about a third"...hmmm, I guess math isn't strong in the Montana school system. The weather in North Dakota was Cold. Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana along the I-94 was absolutely beautiful, badlands, maybe the best scenery of the trip, which ...

... a fair bit, making my way across to Toronto. Since my last email i've been to a town called Tofino, which is the western most accessible town on Vancouver Island. Tofino is a beautiful little coastal town. It's a summer vacation spot for many, as i ...

... and we enjoyed the art show in particular.  It was one of the best art shows I have yet seen in Calgary with many of the western artists in attendance. We topped off the day with an hour at the Pow-Wow dance competitions.  Today it ...

... dois me rendre jusqu'à Calgary puisque je rencontre Noah pour souper (du 'pulled pork', évidemment!) ainsi qu'une nuit de repos au Best Western près de l'aéroport.  Pour démarrer ma journée j'ai réussi à filmer la descente de la-dite route, ...

... A combination of closed roads, darkness and the illogical (in our opinion) naming of Calgary streets meant we drove around for a long time before we found the Best Western. Even had to ask at two other hotels for directions. It was good to crawl into ...

... and David were going as well, we were all excited and looking forward to the event, decked out once again in our best western attire. Well, I was seriously impressed, the show itself is impressive and the cowboys (and cowgirls) are serious athletes, ...

... longer than I had anticipated. The outcome of that change was that I was not going to be able to make a leisurely drive to Calgary on Friday evening - I was going to have to do it on Saturday morning. Finally all of my tasks were completed and I was able ...

... got back to the lodge, the sun had burned through the clouds and it was actually warm(45 degrees).   We finally left the park and headed out to Calgary.  Thats where we will spend the next two nights, before heading out to Jasper National ...

... to start at least sunny . . . but the forecast is not sparkling with hopeful news for the next few days.) Calgary, like so many western Canadian towns, started out as a fort at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. (Who says Canadians didn't have a ...

... was hard enough to make a visible difference in my fuel efficiency. Swift Current is set amongst the rolling grassland of western Saskatchewan. It's another pretty little town that goes to sleep pretty much at sundown. I found a good sheltered site to ...

... , especially Bruce.  All of our days in Calgary were nice and warm but this day was probably the best one.  Hope this weather remains for the Calgary Stampede which will commence soon after we leave.   During our stay we also visited some ...

... eye to mistake it for a shark. We circled entirely around Robben Island, passing a grounded Taiwanese fishing trawler on the western shores, as well as another grounded vessel which ran aground trying to free the Taiwanese trawler. We then passed the ...

The beginning of July saw the arrival of Stampede. For those of you not familiar, Calgary's big theme is to be seen as a classic Western town – cowboys, horses, rodeos, oversize hats – all that jazz. Once a year, these huge showgrounds ...

... food has hit Vietnam yet.  It's kinda a strange country - it's economy/industry is growing by leaps and bounds but Western (i.e. American) products are not all that readily available yet.  I definitely want to do some more reading about the ...

... to squatting. Most toilets are squat toilets. I even started carrying around a bar of soap for hand...and other bit...washing. Western women are a curiosity in Morocco. They assume that because you're not fully covered, you're "looser" than Moroccan ...