We had a fantastic first day! We spent the morning at the 1988 Olympic village and saw all the winter event tracks. Did you know that Calgary is where the Jamacian bobsled team first competed? We even walked up to the turn where that famous bobsled crash happened. For lunch we ate at a Calgary tradition called Pete's Diner where we all had burgers and milkshakes. The afternoon took us out to a Hetturite community where we talked with Lydia and learned about their way of life.
Tomorrow we are leaving Calgary and heading to the dinosaur museum and the coal mining fields. We will be staying in the original coal miner's shacks overnight. On Monday we will head to our Tipi Camp for two days. There will not be an Internet connection until we get to Banff, so our next post will be Wednesday.
The weather is getting nice here; rain yesterday but sunny and 73 today. Let's hope that the weather holds out in the Rocky Mountains!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Calgary Olympic Village
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