We slept well and are pretty much on Canada time now. The only disruption to my peaceful night's sleep was mum who was trying to show me a dormouse she had found in a nest box.
On the theme of fluffy animals, each morning there is a giant jackrabbit under Pat and Earl's hammock in the garden. I had never seen one before and although sitting down it looks like a hare (see pic), this was what I first saw near the airport when it was running and its legs were so long I mistook it for a small deer. We tried to get an action shot of it (mum flushing it out while I lay in wait) but it went so fast I just got a blurry tail.
We planned an indoorsy day today because the forecast was bad (although the bad weather never materialised in the end) so first thing we headed over to the pro bass shop aka the Man Shop. The sign over the door reads 'for hunters, fishermen and other liars' and it is filled with every possible gadget for every possible man sport as well as loads of stuffed animals set up in convincing-looking chase scenes. Andy had never bern there before and was suitably impressed. We also spent some money on a shooting range where we just proved how rubbish we are at shooting, and I bought Paul a useful little gift (a lighter that looks like a rifle, with sights and everything).
After lunch (Thai noodles and a very delicious pineapple, mango and mint frozen yoghurt for me) we went for a spot of gambling in a very large casino. I had some success and some unsuccess but in the end got my original amount of money back out. Andy did very well and more than doubled his money...a good day's work! And even the losers enjoyed the flashing lights and exciting noises.
Before we called it a day we went to the stampede grounds to look at the new horse statue there which was built this year because for the 50th anniversary of the stampede (which takes place in july so I've never been able to come to it). There are life size horses being taken through a river by cowboys and it is impressively lifelike.
Dinner was burgers from Peters - Andy has been a faithful, regular (although not frequent) client for 16 years and we have a burger eating session every visit. They have a very simple menu of single, double or triple burgers with or without cheese, plus any combination of about 30 flavours of milkshake and possible sides of onion rings and fries. We had 1 large fries between 7 and couldn't eat them all.
After the hail the other day Tom was on helpful son duty and climbed up to check Pat and Earl's roof. After our burgers we went over to Nancy's to do the same and climbed up on the roof too and helped cut back the trees that were growing out over it. There were excellent views up there (behind me in the photo but you can't really see them - imagine downtown Calgary with the tower etc)
We finished the day off with another game of Tonka, again mysteriously won by Nancy which makes it now Canada 3 England 0.
Before snuggling down for the night Nancy and I went to Tom's to borrow Roxanne's bike so we can go for a cycle tomorrow...the tyres were flat as pancakes so fingers crossed it's just through lack of use and not millions of little holes.
On the theme of fluffy animals, each morning there is a giant jackrabbit under Pat and Earl's hammock in the garden. I had never seen one before and although sitting down it looks like a hare (see pic), this was what I first saw near the airport when it was running and its legs were so long I mistook it for a small deer. We tried to get an action shot of it (mum flushing it out while I lay in wait) but it went so fast I just got a blurry tail.
We planned an indoorsy day today because the forecast was bad (although the bad weather never materialised in the end) so first thing we headed over to the pro bass shop aka the Man Shop. The sign over the door reads 'for hunters, fishermen and other liars' and it is filled with every possible gadget for every possible man sport as well as loads of stuffed animals set up in convincing-looking chase scenes. Andy had never bern there before and was suitably impressed. We also spent some money on a shooting range where we just proved how rubbish we are at shooting, and I bought Paul a useful little gift (a lighter that looks like a rifle, with sights and everything).
After lunch (Thai noodles and a very delicious pineapple, mango and mint frozen yoghurt for me) we went for a spot of gambling in a very large casino. I had some success and some unsuccess but in the end got my original amount of money back out. Andy did very well and more than doubled his money...a good day's work! And even the losers enjoyed the flashing lights and exciting noises.
Before we called it a day we went to the stampede grounds to look at the new horse statue there which was built this year because for the 50th anniversary of the stampede (which takes place in july so I've never been able to come to it). There are life size horses being taken through a river by cowboys and it is impressively lifelike.
Dinner was burgers from Peters - Andy has been a faithful, regular (although not frequent) client for 16 years and we have a burger eating session every visit. They have a very simple menu of single, double or triple burgers with or without cheese, plus any combination of about 30 flavours of milkshake and possible sides of onion rings and fries. We had 1 large fries between 7 and couldn't eat them all.
After the hail the other day Tom was on helpful son duty and climbed up to check Pat and Earl's roof. After our burgers we went over to Nancy's to do the same and climbed up on the roof too and helped cut back the trees that were growing out over it. There were excellent views up there (behind me in the photo but you can't really see them - imagine downtown Calgary with the tower etc)
We finished the day off with another game of Tonka, again mysteriously won by Nancy which makes it now Canada 3 England 0.
Before snuggling down for the night Nancy and I went to Tom's to borrow Roxanne's bike so we can go for a cycle tomorrow...the tyres were flat as pancakes so fingers crossed it's just through lack of use and not millions of little holes.
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