Days 6 & 7 - Calgary, Alberta (twice) -- oops!
Well, we made it! We have internet issues right now (funny that it was so easy to get internet before we arrived in the big city). On old-fashioned dial-up modem (Pa Joad style). Hence, no pictures today.
We already really like Calgary.
On our final drive we drove 490 miles. Totals: 2,225 miles from Toronto to Calgary. We averaged 76 mph!! I do have to say that we seemed to go really quickly on those last two days. Our rental/temporary condo is a perfect fit for us. It's right downtown. Speaking of which, downtown is almost exactly like Reno...maybe a little bigger. We can see the mountains and the air is warm and dry. The weather is beautiful.
We had our first night dinner over at our Canadian Safari guide's house (PF). He has a 1/2 million dollar view and we had a great visit with him. I'm sure you'll hear much more about our adopted Grand-uncle for Buck. We plan on bugging him a lot :) Just like family is supposed to do.
We spent today exploring our new town. We're only 2 blocks from the Cathedral-- so we had a nice walk to Mass this morning. Great baby cry room in the balcony. Buck could see everyone while he tried to scream down at them -- and throw his Gymbo-the-clown toy (gift from Hunter & family) at the window. I was a little short of breath climbing the stairs up. Forgot about the altitude difference. Yes, that is what it was!!
Tomorrow will be our first day of looking at future houses with the realtor. We can't wait.
Please email if you'd like our phone#. We're still on the cel, but we have a local land-line (of course, we're using it for internet at the moment :)
More later (and pictures by Wednesday)!
On a last note -- I accidentally put "Ontario" as our new province! Thanks for the heads up "anonymous poster." I'm still a little van-lagged here :)
We already really like Calgary.
On our final drive we drove 490 miles. Totals: 2,225 miles from Toronto to Calgary. We averaged 76 mph!! I do have to say that we seemed to go really quickly on those last two days. Our rental/temporary condo is a perfect fit for us. It's right downtown. Speaking of which, downtown is almost exactly like Reno...maybe a little bigger. We can see the mountains and the air is warm and dry. The weather is beautiful.
We had our first night dinner over at our Canadian Safari guide's house (PF). He has a 1/2 million dollar view and we had a great visit with him. I'm sure you'll hear much more about our adopted Grand-uncle for Buck. We plan on bugging him a lot :) Just like family is supposed to do.
We spent today exploring our new town. We're only 2 blocks from the Cathedral-- so we had a nice walk to Mass this morning. Great baby cry room in the balcony. Buck could see everyone while he tried to scream down at them -- and throw his Gymbo-the-clown toy (gift from Hunter & family) at the window. I was a little short of breath climbing the stairs up. Forgot about the altitude difference. Yes, that is what it was!!
Tomorrow will be our first day of looking at future houses with the realtor. We can't wait.
Please email if you'd like our phone#. We're still on the cel, but we have a local land-line (of course, we're using it for internet at the moment :)
More later (and pictures by Wednesday)!
On a last note -- I accidentally put "Ontario" as our new province! Thanks for the heads up "anonymous poster." I'm still a little van-lagged here :)
posted by BGrady at 1:42 PM
3 Comments:
You seem to be following my career path so far. . .well, except for the substance abuse part. Your brother called for his surfboard today. He's coming over shortly, I plan to greet him wearing a wetsuit.
It's Calgary ALBERTA! you left Ont. Most people there will NOT be forgiving if you keep that up!
Thanks for the edit, anonymous! I should figure our where I'm going at this point. It's all corrected now!
Theo - just don't let coach K 2 move in...he's sneaky that way & he might never leave :) We'll be keeping up your path & we're saving a seat at a Flames game for you and E anytime!
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