Calgary, ALBERTA

4/25/09 -- We plan to spend at least part of a day in Calgary. It looks like there are a number of outstanding things to see (such as Historic Park and the Canadian Olympic Center), however the most interesting parts of these places don't open until May 16th. We will let you know if we find any "don't miss" sites in Calgary while we are there!

5/5/09 -- We visited both the Canada Olympic Centre AND Fort Calgary. Both were excellent places to visit with families.



I was surprised to find that the Olympic Centre was free to wander as you wanted. (The Museum and Hall of Fame had a fee---so we didn't bother with that part.) Because our family enjoys watching "Cool Running" about the Jamaican Bob Sled Team which competed here in 1988, we especially enjoyed getting a close up view of the bob sleigh track.

Randy and Jakob explored much of the entire length of the track. After exploring the bottom portion including the finish line area, Jakob and Anna played on a fun playground. I stayed there longer with Anna while Jakob wandered off with Dad.





Fort Calgary was one of the better history museums we have been to---excellent hands-on activities for kids. We really needed more time---so the kids could have done more playing at various points, and so that Randy and I could have looked through the "scrapbooks" filled with photos and journal quotes in the many areas of this museum.




Calgary is definitely an interesting city, although we HATE the urban sprawl, and how close all the houses are to each other. There are enough things we didn't have time for (or were here at the wrong season) that we will have to plan a longer stay some other time.