Fort Calgary

     We went into Calgary today on the light rail system which was built when the Olympics were held there.  The stop was in a shopping center that was only five minutes from our campground, easy parking, and a quick ride to downtown.  We were told by the campground folks that parking down town was very limited and expensive.  We could see that all the "park and ride" lots for the light rail were full on the way downtown so it appears that the rail line is successful. 

     Fort Calgary is about an eight block walk from the light rail stop downtown.  It was built by the Canadian Royal Mounted Police.  A nice museum with lots of hands-on exhibits related to the creation of the Mounties.  After a good tour of the museum we walked back downtown for lunch.  It was a nice day and hundreds of people were walking and sitting at sidewalk cafes.  Eight blocks of the downtown main streets are closed to traffic so everyone gets out and shops and walks.  This is what Nicollet Mall was meant to be before the buses went through.

    After returning on the light rail we shopped for groceries and came back to a sunny evening at the campground.  I called Jo Ellen and chatted for a while to get some girl talk in.  I was so happy to talk to her.  Tomorrow we head to the Rockies.  We can see them from our camper already.