Yee Haw !!!!

Finally, we have Internet once again.
The last post indicated a BBQ was planned...well it happened and two of my brother's kids and some of their families joined as well. On the way to his place, we stopped off at city hall to watch some street performers, some of whom were very good. Monday we took in the Fort Edmonton Park, which is a museum of sorts showing the growth of Edmonton from the 1700's to the 1920's. They do this by having streets set up with shops and houses, as they would have appeared in the time period represented. The fort itself shows life from the very earliest times of the Northwest and then Hudson Bay Trading companies. We were able to sample bannock here, which is similar to a tea biscuit but un-risen as they prepare it in a skillet. Getting to the Fort from the entrance is via a early 1900's steam train. The ride back to the entrance can be either the train or as we did, a 1930s street car. Later that evening, my brother came to the trailer for dinner.
Tuesday it was off to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. For those not familiar with this facility, it is a transportation museum, started after the WWII by Stan Reynolds. It is now operated by the Alberta Gov't. Only part of the afternoon was spent here as we were intending to return on Wed. Not only are there a terrific number of cars, trucks and airplanes displayed, but there is also several storage facilities that are not open on to the public. We were fortunate to meet "Dennis", a volunteer at the museum. He liked our charming faces and wonderful personalities and he took us into the warehouse (s), where we spent several fantastic hours being shown the future projects and some of the rare vehicles not on display in the galleries. These displays included a fully size mock-up of the Avro Arrow. Yesterday , Thursday had us arrive in Dumheller and take a visit to the Tyrell Dinosaur display. While it was interesting, I found it not to be as informative as Dinosaur Provincial Park. We also took a 43 km circle route called the dinosaur trail. As well as a 12% grade there was also one of 5 remaining cable ferries, in Alberta. Sorta neat and very slow. This morning we headed off to and arrived in Calgary. Tonight it's a supper at the campground and tomorrow the first of two days at the Stampede. A tornado warning has been issued for an area some distance from here. It's sunny and 70F now after a heavy rain an hour ago.
There may be pics posted later, although we have a restriction on the number of MB we can use.