Calgary , Banff, Lake Louise,Tyrell and Monday 1 August to 7 August
Monday 1 August 2016 Calgary
Today, was a public holiday in Canada known as Civic Holiday, so the streets were full of families doing sport, or enjoying the park and the river. Taking advantage of a nice day we rented a bike we left to explore Calgary along the river. We were joined by Hari, Rhonda and Oliver who was in a very comfortable child trolley that was attached to Rhonda's bicycle. We cycled about 20 kilometers.It was a beautiful ride , heading east on the Bow River Pathway and then south in Inglewood past the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, past the train yard where we turned back.
In the afternoon Hari, Ely and I went to to the local supermarket to get stuff because I was going to prepare dinner for us all and by pure chance my best mate Ian Grant and his wife Jane from the UK just happened to be in Calgary at the same time, and they joined for dinner as well. .
In Canada the supermarkets do not sell alcohol, so we had to go to a liquor store to buy it. Ely was going to prepare her great pisco sour so we needed to get some Pisco. Amazingly we did find Pisco Capel 40º double distilled (for the modest sum of $ 15,000 CL) and the store had a good selection of Chilean wines like Chocalan, Gran Tarapacá, Falernia, and Las Mulas, among others. In the same place there was a huge beer room where the temperature was, I swear , about 4-5º C, and it and possibly every beer in the world.I froze to death looking around the place.
Tuesday August 2 2016- Banff
We ( Hari, Rhonda, Oliver and us) left relatively early to go to Banff which is 125 km west of Calgary on the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. We were going to hike up Tunnel Mountain part of Banff National Park. We hiked up the trek for about 4 km, from a height 1450 m above sea level to about 1690 m. It took us about two hours but the climb was well worth it as the views from the top were spectacular.
And perhaps the most-asked question on the hike: Where’s the tunnel? There isn’t one. The mountain earned its name from a proposed route of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) back in 1882. A blunder in surveying led to the suggestion that a half-mile tunnel be blasted through the hillside – an idea that would have cost the CPR millions of extra dollars. The plan was quickly discarded.
We had lunch in Banff in a restaurant called Melissa`s. I had a Big Breakfast - Two eggs, two strips of bacon, two sausages, two pancakes, hash browns and multi-grain toast. After lunch we headed back to Calgary.
That evening Ely and I walked about two miles to meet up with Ian and Jane in downtown Calgary for dinner and a few drinks.
Wednesday August 3 2016 Midland Provincial Park, Drumheller, Alberta
We left early with Ian and Jane to visit the world famous Royal Tyrell Museum of Palentology , which is about 2 hours from Calgary, and has a collection of 130,000 fossils.
It cost about $9000 CLP per adult to enter and on entering there are amazing records of dinosaur fossils, Some of these dino were huge and one of the photos below shows their size relative to us.
We were about 2 hours in the museum, really amazed not only with the dinosaurs, but how the museum exhibited the evolutionary process of the species in each of its phases.
Before we headed back to Calgary we stopped to look at the Star Mine Suspension Bridge - 117 metre long pedestrian suspension bridge across the Red Deer River in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Constructed in 1931, it was built for the coal workers of Star Mine. A very scary bridge to cross as the river underneath flows at an amazing speed and the bridge is very springy indeed.
Day 18: Calgary THURSDAY, AUGUST 04, 2016
Today was very relaxed the day, we got up late after having breakfast
Today, was a public holiday in Canada known as Civic Holiday, so the streets were full of families doing sport, or enjoying the park and the river. Taking advantage of a nice day we rented a bike we left to explore Calgary along the river. We were joined by Hari, Rhonda and Oliver who was in a very comfortable child trolley that was attached to Rhonda's bicycle. We cycled about 20 kilometers.It was a beautiful ride , heading east on the Bow River Pathway and then south in Inglewood past the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, past the train yard where we turned back.
In the afternoon Hari, Ely and I went to to the local supermarket to get stuff because I was going to prepare dinner for us all and by pure chance my best mate Ian Grant and his wife Jane from the UK just happened to be in Calgary at the same time, and they joined for dinner as well. .
In Canada the supermarkets do not sell alcohol, so we had to go to a liquor store to buy it. Ely was going to prepare her great pisco sour so we needed to get some Pisco. Amazingly we did find Pisco Capel 40º double distilled (for the modest sum of $ 15,000 CL) and the store had a good selection of Chilean wines like Chocalan, Gran Tarapacá, Falernia, and Las Mulas, among others. In the same place there was a huge beer room where the temperature was, I swear , about 4-5º C, and it and possibly every beer in the world.I froze to death looking around the place.
Ian and Jane (LHS), and Hari and Rhonda
Tuesday August 2 2016- Banff
We ( Hari, Rhonda, Oliver and us) left relatively early to go to Banff which is 125 km west of Calgary on the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. We were going to hike up Tunnel Mountain part of Banff National Park. We hiked up the trek for about 4 km, from a height 1450 m above sea level to about 1690 m. It took us about two hours but the climb was well worth it as the views from the top were spectacular.
And perhaps the most-asked question on the hike: Where’s the tunnel? There isn’t one. The mountain earned its name from a proposed route of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) back in 1882. A blunder in surveying led to the suggestion that a half-mile tunnel be blasted through the hillside – an idea that would have cost the CPR millions of extra dollars. The plan was quickly discarded.
We had lunch in Banff in a restaurant called Melissa`s. I had a Big Breakfast - Two eggs, two strips of bacon, two sausages, two pancakes, hash browns and multi-grain toast. After lunch we headed back to Calgary.
That evening Ely and I walked about two miles to meet up with Ian and Jane in downtown Calgary for dinner and a few drinks.
Wednesday August 3 2016 Midland Provincial Park, Drumheller, Alberta
We left early with Ian and Jane to visit the world famous Royal Tyrell Museum of Palentology , which is about 2 hours from Calgary, and has a collection of 130,000 fossils.
It cost about $9000 CLP per adult to enter and on entering there are amazing records of dinosaur fossils, Some of these dino were huge and one of the photos below shows their size relative to us.
We were about 2 hours in the museum, really amazed not only with the dinosaurs, but how the museum exhibited the evolutionary process of the species in each of its phases.
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| Drumheller Badlands - where dinosaur fossils are still being uncovered. |
After lunch we went to see the Drumheller Badlands and the Drumheller Hoodoos. The Hoodoos are strange rock formations have been generated by millions of years of wind and water erosion. The rock is made from soft sandstone, with the harder flat caps.
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| Drumheller Hoodoo- some rise to 20 feet in height |
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| Drumheller Hoodoo |
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| Drumheller Hoodoo - native American tribes believed these to be petrified giants that come alive at night to protect the land around them by hurling rocks at them. |
Before we headed back to Calgary we stopped to look at the Star Mine Suspension Bridge - 117 metre long pedestrian suspension bridge across the Red Deer River in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Constructed in 1931, it was built for the coal workers of Star Mine. A very scary bridge to cross as the river underneath flows at an amazing speed and the bridge is very springy indeed.
Today was very relaxed the day, we got up late after having breakfast
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