Friday 7/12/13

Well, here it is Friday. Sorry I haven't posted, but, wifi has been terrible. Let's see, since I wrote on last Saturday we have done quite a lot. We spent two complete days at the Calgary Stampede. The first day, Saturday, we watched bull, bareback and bucking bronco riding. On Sunday we again watched the riding in the morning followed by a buffet lunch at the Stampede. The late afternoon/evening we saw the chuck wagon races. After the races, the area was transformed into a giant stage. The stage show was fantastic. Even the group "Kiss" performed. After the show they put on one heck of a fireworks show. The next day, Tuesday we headed to Banff National Park. What a beautiful sight. The Canadian Rockies are spectacular. The two day we spent there awesome. We went to the city of Canmore where we ate lunch and found a headlight bulb for the motor home. Yep! we had one blow out. We also went to the town of Banff, where we had dinner at an Irish pub and walked around a little. We also drove up to the Banff Springs hotel. While at the hotel we also saw Bow river falls. At the camp site in Banff, electricity was the only hook up we had. After leaving Banff we drove to the Columbia Ice Fields. There we didn't have any hook ups. That afternoon, Wednesday the 10th, we took a coach ride up to the glacier. This is where we got on an "Ice Buggy" that took us to the glacier, where we actually walked on top of a 1,000 foot thick glacier. What an experience!!! The next day, Thursday, we headed to Hinton, Alberta. On the way we finally saw some wildlife besides pet rocks and bicyclists. A black crossed the road about 50 yards ahead of us as we were traveling. We also saw some Big horn sheep on the side of the road. Everyone was stopping which created quite a traffic jam. Today we are also in Hinton and decided to visit the Beaver Boardwalk. This was interesting as there was a boardwalk  and trails around the area where there are beavers. We didn't see any but, were able to see the dams along the lake.