Calgary

I arrived in Calgary to find flooding and hailstones so thick it looked like snow on the ground - a little different to what I've been used to in Lethbridge! Sarah thought I had just been lying about the good weather here. It improved slightly the next day and was quite nice in the morning, however we didn't get to appreciate that as we were shopping at the Chinook Mall.
In the afternoon we went to Heritage Park which was really good. It's a reconstructed town with buildings that have been moved from various places in Canada so that there's a bank, post office, school, newspaper printers, bakery (the cinnamon rolls were great), sweetshop, blacksmiths, gas station, railway station, police station, etc, etc. Sadly as soon as we arrived it started to rain and I was only wearing sandals. We went for a ride on the steam train there and it cleared up so we were able to appreciate the whole park better. Note that in the picture I am leaning on the umbrella which Kathy left in her car (thankyou very much).
They also had an 'intepretive programme' running throughout the day telling the story of a robbery from outside the post office, the mounties catching the thieves and finally a court trial outside the town hall (see picture). The actors were really funny so that was a highlight.