Today our family ventured into downtown Cowtown, to visit Calgary's most famous
landmark!
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DaddyO and i are not from Alberta originally, so this was a new experience for all of us. The Calgary Tower is by no means the largest tower out there (525ft); however, during the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games, it became the World's Largest Olympic torch! Pretty neat, eh? The tower still becomes a 'torch' on Canada Day, or if our Flames race for the Stanley Cup! Oh well, at least we see it once per year--sorry Flames :( .
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Coca-Cola machine~ Cowboy Style! *darn backlighting!*
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Chuckleheads posing with the Black bear Mountie. These are the
only safe times to see a black bear up close!
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Checking out the glass floor. Beebo took some coaxing... Xman did not.
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View of the
Pengrowth Saddledome and
Calgary Stampede grounds.
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The beautiful Rockies! Did i mention we still had a
chinook? Yep, boy did that tower sway! DaddyO did not like that. The glass floor was Xman's favourite--i am not sure what was going through his head exactly, but he had lots of fun jumping up and down on it...
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then, just as there were a few ladies mildy 'scared' of the floor, he continued to slather himself all over it... just. like. he. was. flying!
Customary, cheesy group shot!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDInxr6JDh5TDULC_U3H3SfEVUyRIZCsZ9xBwHUQ0h4NzaWFMFjvrO7SdsnHO5Pcf4sUDzkNkLeiAAYeYu4TmlLlHE_B-DjZg6hifRywtm2SFHuYdfAwj8e_pydL2O_Q9Bd3oCIFXhWvP/s320/IMG_4207.jpg)
I tried to take a picture of the street...from standing...on the glass floor. Whoa~ slightly bad idea. Swaying tower + looking through camera lens + down + at own feet = Dizzy
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On the way home, we decided to drive by
Canada Olympic Park. It was a fairly warm day, so ALOT of people were out skiing. Plus, there was a World Cup Freestyle Skiing event on.
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Chinook flappin' flags!
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Ski Jump in the background...
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Comments
X is gonna be trouble, lol!
Beautiful city!
And i agree, X is our daredevil...can't wait to get him on skiis!
Love your pictures! : ) Your kids are so adorable!
:-)
Calgary is a beautiful city. Thanks for sharing!
jj
Have you ever done a ski jump? I would like to say I'm brave enough, but I haven't even been on skis for four years...
Thank you and take care.
I went and checked out the poem that Xman inspired. Very sweet. Be sure to save it for him with a copy of the picture.