1 We started our trip at the Fairmont Palliser in Calgary
2 We started our trip at the Fairmont Palliser in Calgary
3 Calgary's 8th Ave is pedestrian-only and is filled with shops and restaurants
4 Calgary's 8th Ave is pedestrian-only and is filled with shops and restaurants
5 One of the many legal cannabis shops, they were hard to escape throughout our tour
6 With the Calgary Stampede ongoing during our stay, Lammle's was a popular spot for everything cowboy (and cowgirl)
7 Calgary Tower was just down the street from our hotel
8 Calgary Tower was just down the street from our hotel. On the left behind the highrises is the Saddledome which is part of the Stampede fairgrounds.
9 Calgary Tower was just down the street from our hotel
10 Notice that Max was more than happy to take the picture of Karen and I, but couldn't bring herself to walk onto the glass floor.
11 Friends Jim Hoffman and Karen Zabrensky who met us in Calgary to go to the Stampede and on tour with us.
12 Our tour officially started on Wednesday evening when we met the rest of the tour members for drinks and dinner at Heritage Park, a huge living museum of Western Canadian history.
13 A local fiddle and dance group provided entertainment during cocktail hour
14 A local fiddle and dance group provided entertainment during cocktail hour
15 We thought we were heading in to dinner when the "bad guys in black" showed up and captured one of our own
16 We thought we were heading in to dinner when the "bad guys in black" showed up and captured one of our own
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19 Luckily the "sheriff" and his deputies in white showed up to battle it out for truth, justice, and the Canadian way
20 Luckily the "sheriff" and his deputies in white showed up to battle it out for truth, justice, and the Canadian way
