Oh Canada!-Calgary

We are back from a whirlwind trip to our neighbor in the north! We started out in Calgary and ended in Victoria with the wedding of Dan's brother (or as Emma calls him, Uncle Scott) and Tricia. We had a wonderful time touring Canada with my parents along for the ride. So be prepared to be inundated with family vacation photos... I would consider this the modern form of the old slide shows that my family loved to share after a long vacation :)

Our first stop on the tour was Calgary. We were only there for a day, but what a day it was. We happened to be in town for the Calgary stampede. The moment we stepped off the plane, we knew we were out of our league. With me in my capris and Dan in his Khaki shorts, we might as well have had Tourist stamped on our foreheads and we walked through the sea of jeans, cowboy hats and boot. The stampede is Canada's form of a giant state fair and everyone dresses for the occasion. So we strapped on our cameras and binoculars and headed to the show!
We were amazed at the food offers at the various booths... For instance, bison anyone?

We stuck with some good old fashion pork bar-b-que

The main event of the evening were the chuck wagon races. Imagine an old fashion covered wagon racing around a course with 3 horses following behind...

Now imagine that four different teams are doing this at the same time...

Add to the fact that it was a rainy, muddy day and it was amazing that there were not some serious collisions

As you can see, the whole family was thoroughly enthralled
Although the Races were exciting, they were soon surpassed by our last stop for the evening...

Yes, we are back at the food stands....(is the drool on Emma's chin?)

You would probably be drooling too if you could smell these freshly baked mini donuts!

We shared the bag of sugary goodness

Even Ian got into the act

But I think Daddy has created a monster in Emma...It is the cousin of Cookie monster...Otherwise known as the Donut monster. I think she would have eaten the whole bag if we let her
Thus ended our day on the range. We headed off to our hotel to prepare for more adventures