Four Points Calgary

... 25,000 miles! But the dates don't match, bummer, no free seats available during the festival period. I then realized that Calgary has a much bigger festival only a week after and all flights to Whitehorse connect in either Calgary or Vancouver, so... ...

... , a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing and First Nations exhibitions. During Stampede, Calgary takes on a party atmosphere. Residents put on their cowboy hats and boots and attend events held across the ...

... eat at the ABC Restaurant in Red Deer with Mom, Dad and Brett before heading south. We then headed to Calgary to meet up with the kids at the Four Points, so we could leave from there on Saturday morning. We got there just about an hour ahead of the kids ...

... on this poor, unsuspecting world??? So why Morocco?  Of all the choices, it had to be somewhere warmer than Calgary – with recent temperatures hovering below -30 deg C, this included any destination other than the North and South poles.  ...

... is Olympic so hard to type? For some reason every time I miss either the m or p… Transport was really easy in Calgary. I guess because it’s a fairly small city. They have the Ctrain, which is free to take in the downtown section where all the ...

... likely lose a day, and be back in Christchurch without enough time to see the kids Rose and James again before we left for Calgary. With clear skies it was easier to see the way.  We followed the poles towards where we had been blind and confused ...

... FOREVER to get through Canadian Customs. After that we grabbed our luggage and headed for the Departure doors. We then shuttled back to the Four Points by Sheraton (Calgary Airport Hotel) for the night. Tomorrow is Mother's Day - Happy Mother's Day. ...

... six and seven done. Airport pat-down number three received. We have arrived in Canada. All settled in Winnipeg, after a small stop in Calgary, where we had our little bit of chaos for today: They boarded the plane, then promptly de-boarded us to change a ...

... , Tuesday and Wednesday, in the hope of spotting some Polar Bears. It was Football Monday so we ended up watching Calgary Stampeders vs Montreal Alouettes; then  BC Lions vs Winnipeg BlueBombers, which the BlueBombers came from behind to win; now ...

... problem! There was a bridge. A bridge...hmmm...I guess you could call it that. It made the "Wiggly Foot Bridge" at the Calgary Zoo seem like a very stable structure. Anyways, this bridge was only wide enough for one person, it had a suspension bridge ...

... chat about everything. When asked, Gerald told him that we were from the Peace Country in Alberta, Canada about 600km north of Calgary. Malcolm told us that he'd been to the Calgary Stampede before and thought it was hilarious that he'd been and Gerald ...

... is the largest native land animal in North America. However, having recently seen the size of a Clydesdale horse at the Calgary Stampede, I wonder about that claim.  Maybe it is not considered a native animal.   After the Bison Sanctuary I ...

... which is known as the "hitching post of the sun" is a carved rock pillar whose four corners are oriented toward the four cardinal points. The Inca were accomplished astronomers, and used the angles of the pillar to predict the solstices. The sun exerted a ...

... . I actually had to drive 4000km just to get to "Mile 0" of the Alaska Highway. The drive from Calgary to Dawson Creek is a grind. Although it's four lanes as far as Edmonton from there on you're pretty much stuck behind a wall of motorhomes all headed to ...

... - Auckland US ..... Caroline and John Canada  .... Jack and Ann - Victoria Judy and Geoff - Kamloops Glenna and Derek - Calgary Colleen and Andy - Calgary Mary and Bill - Stevensville (nr Niagara Falls) also ..... Day with ...

... in Canada) and quite windy. They even narrow down to 1 lane for both directions of traffic in several points. It sort of reminds me of driving between Calgary and Vancouver. The Highlands are very beautiful. We were all quite surprised at how nice ...

... all from Milan, and two of them had visited Canada before to see their brother in Edmonton, and had actually gone to Calgary and Banff, as well. The owner of the Riad started chatting with all of us, and explained to the Italians why he spoke ...

... kept in touch with him since then, but once in Canada, I made a point to reconnect, and made plans to stop by his home in Calgary.  Although it had been 8 years, when he answered the door, it was like we were right back in New Zealand!  He ...

... of my brother wanting to name his son Callom or Sunny, which makes me think of my nephew Alex, which makes me think of summer in Calgary, which makes me think of eating a Ship Burger on the patio at the Ship, which reminds me of past summers at the Ship, ...

... thought the chicken tajine wasn't as good as the one I make, using the recipe from the Moroccan restaurant in Calgary. It was lacking in lemon flavor and was under seasoned and served without vegetables or couscous. Bastilla Later in ...