Calgary

You might wonder why we went through Montana. Lady or Mrs. "G" as we call her (our Garmen) sent us that way so we went through Great Falls. Yesterday we drove to Calgary and we are camped about 2 miles north of the 1988 Olympic luge/sled area (picture R). It has been very cold all summer in Calgary (the people talk about never seeing the sun). On the way here we saw lots of unharvested, green wheat that likely won't make it. They've had snow already in Calgary and the Rocky Mtns. in view from here are covered with snow. Today we went to the 1988 Olympic village where they did the bobsled and luge runs as well as the ski jumping. The ski jumping towers (picture L)were unbelievably high and to think they are higher now - that is one thing NOT on my bucket list. We also drove down to the Calgary Stampede park, where there is a huge rodeo grounds (always a July rodeo) and the ice skating center for the Calgary Flames. We were a little dismayed that the grandstands for the rodeo are actually quite a few meters from the actual rodeo arena for most of the seats. Calgary also has a space needle with restaurant, very similar to the one in Seattle. Tomorrow morning we are heading easterly.