Calgary and Drumheller, Alberta

We've never really spent any time in Calgary (flew there once and went straight to Banff), so we thought it would be cool to check it out and visit some friends of ours there at the same time. Many of the flights home routed through there anyway, so why not? 

Calgary had great weather while we were there! Casa Donkey was a great place to stay (very friendly welcoming note, lots of suggestions for activities, a friendly and chatty host). I hadn't read any reviews before booking it so perhaps it is an undiscovered gem. Thanks Brandon!!

We explored downtown Calgary, tried lots of restaurants (NOtaBLE, Farm, Una, OEB) and had a wonderful brunch at Casa Muhle (another undiscovered gem as I couldn't find it on TripAdvisor). We also took a side trip to Drumheller and checked out dinosaurs. Dinosaur fossils, that is. Whoa, pretty crazy stuff! Only in Alberta.

Yummy breakfast at OEB.

It's pretty cool that there's a park (aka Devonian Gardens) on the top floor of the fancy shopping mall in downtown Calgary.

Checking out Stephen Avenue, shades and all.

Look at that cat lover. 

Having a picnic lunch, Subway style, next to the world's biggest dinosaur.

All right, Markus and Tyler, these next pics are for you!!! 

Badlands

Time to drive back to Calgary. Of course, we picked the road less travelled! Never know when that large green tea is going to hit you.

This Casa Donkey place even comes complete with a mixologist!

And a pretty good one too. 

Oh dear, did we put him to sleep?

Mike was fascinated with the cats all weekend.

Who's the cutie on Meghan's lap? 

Time to hit up the park. Look at Lily go!

Do you think I would get weird looks if I tried this? It looks like so much fun! 

It's our last meal before the airport.

Unagi pizza - different but good!

Look how we ran into at the airport? Good to see you Tre! 

Last flight for a while. And our 39th flight since the year of travel started. 

Welcome back fireworks in Vancouver?! I really love this city.