A
delicious hotel breakfast and then onto provisioning for our bodies! John, Dottie and Cheri bought new Gore-Tex
hiking boots! Life got really good when
all of the sudden we realized that everything was a 25% discount due to the
Canadian/US exchange rate!! Hiking boots
were $100 or less, with Dottie's $299 boots were suddenly only $91! Yeah!!
John got a new winter jacket too.
We decided to get our bear spray for $41C and a lesson on how to use it
as well.
Even
though it was cold and rainy, Paul had advocated for the Calgary zoo and boy
was that a good decision. Even though
the crew offered the science center, he said Zoo! We packed the car and headed for the zoo in a
slight drizzle. What a great zoo it
was! You could feel the happiness in the
animals. There was a Canadian wilderness
section where all the animals we hoped to see in the wild could be seen in the
zoo. We got great pictures of bears,
wolves, elk, otters and more! Then we
headed for lunch and a trip in Eurasia.
The butterfly house was so fun!
Colors flirting everywhere and you could even see butterflies emerging
from their crylisses. What a great place to hang out while it rained
outside.
Snow
leopards are one of the rarest cats on earth!
John was adamant that we see the snow leopard. So we ventured out to see him. God was with us and as we approached the
enclosure, it was feeding time for the snow leopard. We watched the ranger put
a hunk of meat on a hanging hook and then we got to see the snow leopard leap
and grab the leg meat in his powerful jaws.
Wow!! There are so few of these
cats in the world, we were so privileged to witness him. We can barely mention hippos, rhinos, droopy
humped camels, etc.!
From
there, it was off to Canmore. It looked
and felt like snow! Reports were out
that there was snow in Canmore. Luckily
the amounts reported were exaggerated as we had no chains. Canmore was a
precious little town with views of the 3 Sisters. Our condo was right next to a stream and our
condo overlooked the 3 sisters. Cheri
and Dottie, being of sound mind, elected not to take the boardwalk through wolf
country. However, John and Paul decided
to be brave and take a stroll. No
wildlife seen!
The
condo was perfect! 2 bedrooms and 2
bathrooms and a nice kitchen! Parking
underground. Even though it felt cold, we grilled chicken that night with
sautéed veggies and were glad to get Molly B's oven roasted potatoes
recipe! Dottie and Paul ventured out for
walks most mornings.
The
condo was like an oven with no ability to change the thermostat...so we opened
the windows!
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