Cowtown
Winter Woollens Packed Sun Feb12th Calgary from 5000' Friday 10th we arrived in Calgary, aka Cowtown. The largest city in Alberta (not the capital which is Edmonton) and in the middle of Canada's largest beef producing area. The journey out worked well. The ferry was on time, little traffic through Vancouver, a quick stopover to drop off a tray table for Seb's high chair in Kitsilano, then on to the airport. The flight, just over an hour, offered clear views of Vancouver at dusk and patterns of an illuminated Calgary on arrival. Vancouver Departure A ccording to Calgary tourist sites, Alberta as a whole has the largest cattle herd in Canada. A lthough now a cosmopolitan city, it retains a solid core cowboy culture. The summer Calgary Stampede which takes place in July, is one of the biggest rodeos in the world, attracting around 1mn visitors. Think agricultural show (Bath & West show circa 140,000) with lots of horses,...