June 25th, Calgary, Albert

1. Down Town Calgary.................................................. 2. Luxury Condos Along Bow River



3. Stephen Street in Calgary........................................4. Calgary Stampeders versus B C Lions



5. A Sea of Stampeder Red

During the day, Gene and I did the downtown tourist visit in Calgary. There is a large amount of commercial construction occurring. The downtown area is mainly tal office buildings or apartments. The majority of the buildings are connected with second story enclosed walkways to allow comfortable pedestrian traffic during the throes of brutal winter weather. The one exception is Stephen Street, an area of well preserved buildings from the early 1900’s where the street is only for pedestrians and is lined with funky bars, restaurants, art galleries and retail shops. They have a very good transit system with three different commuter trains lines converging at the center of the city and well supplemented with bus lines. The park land along the Bow River in the down town area is magnificent and it is lined with gorgeous high end condo buildings that must be an ideal living location. However, the overall feeling is rather antaceptic!

My bike was ready by 6:00 and Gene and I had purchased a steak, beer, bus ride, foot ball ticket package for the season opener between Calgary Stampeders and the British Columbia Lions. The freeways were crowded and everyone seemed to be wearing
red and white Stampeder jerseys and hats. When we arrived at the stadium the tailgate parties were in full swing. There was a near sellout crowd on a beautiful sunny evening. It was a 7:00 start and it did not get dark until 10:30. It was a great game and the home team won! Afterwards there was a Canada Day fireworks display.