Canada, Alberta

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Right, I'm visiting my son in Calgary next week. I'll be there for about a month. Any of you Canadonians got any top tips?

 

[spring-peeper]

Make sure you go spend time is the Rockie Mountains.

Alberta's Rockies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There is also a desert that you might like to visit.

https://www.travelalberta.com/ca/places-to-go/canadian-badlands/

 

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Yep, my son has them on the itinerary, and his favourite eating places, gigs at the Blues Can venue and a brewery and distillery tour

The downside is he wants me to go wild camping with him and his mates. I said only if the wild camp has an en suite bathroom and I'm tooled the fuck up with bear mace

 

[spring-peeper]

Yep, my son has them on the itinerary, and his favourite eating places, gigs at the Blues Can venue and a brewery and distillery tour

The downside is he wants me to go wild camping with him and his mates. I said only if the wild camp has an en suite bathroom and I'm tooled the fuck up with bear mace

I did the wild camping in the Rockies.
We had to hang all our food (and toothpaste) up a tree so the bears would not enter the camp.
We also wore bells, so we did not startle bears as we hike. I called them dinner bells

eta: I was the first one into the outhouse, and there was a porcupine in there.

 

[spring-peeper]

Have fun!!!

 

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Cheers fella. I will. Not seen the daft laddie for two and a half years so really looking forward to it

 

[spring-peeper]

when are you going?

 

[kalmatthew]

I'll admit I was in my early teens when I was there but this place Home | Royal Tyrrell Museum was amazing. I really recommend some time both St the museum and in the area

 

[Ming]

If you‘re in Vancouver at any point give me a shout. I’ll get the beers in!

 

[Serge Forward]

when are you going?

Wednesday 20th. There till mid May.

 

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I'll admit I was in my early teens when I was there but this place Home | Royal Tyrrell Museum was amazing. I really recommend some time both St the museum and in the area

That looks dead good.

 

[spring-peeper]

Weather should be decent.

I hope you are going to share about your trip

 

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If you‘re in Vancouver at any point give me a shout. I’ll get the beers in!

Will do. Our kid sometimes flits between AB and BC, so I'll let you know if we get to Vancouver

 

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Weather should be decent.

I hope you are going to share about your trip

I will

 

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Forgot to say, we'll probably go up to Edmonton for May Day. I gather it's more labour movement oriented than Calgary. Though if there's summat happening in Calgary, we'll stay there for it.

 

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If you‘re in Vancouver at any point give me a shout. I’ll get the beers in!

Our kid reckons it's a 12 hour drive to Vancouver, so I said fuck that Thanks for the offer pal But fuck me, Canada's big though. It's not like driving from Leicester to Manchester.

 

[Ming]

Our kid reckons it's a 12 hour drive to Vancouver, so I said fuck that Thanks for the offer pal But fuck me, Canada's big though. It's not like driving from Leicester to Manchester.

Fucking huge. I’m from the NW and i never fancied the drive from The Wirral to Manchester for gigs at the Apollo. Different scale. Anyway if you ever need a place to crash in The ‘Couve give me a shout. I’ve got a nice condo in Cambie village.

 

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Cheers fella.

 

[spring-peeper]

Forgot to say, we'll probably go up to Edmonton for May Day. I gather it's more labour movement oriented than Calgary. Though if there's summat happening in Calgary, we'll stay there for it.

If you get the change, go see Edmonton.

 

[spring-peeper]

Our kid reckons it's a 12 hour drive to Vancouver, so I said fuck that Thanks for the offer pal But fuck me, Canada's big though. It's not like driving from Leicester to Manchester.

Three days to get to me......

 

[spring-peeper]

I will

I hope so.

I love seeing and hearing about Canada through a tourist's eyes.

 

[petee]

watch out for the moose

 

[spring-peeper]

 

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I hope so.

I love seeing and hearing about Canada through a tourist's eyes.

My son who does a fair impersonation of my manc accent says I'll be all "What the fuck is that?!?! ... Look at the state of that!!! ... Kin'ell!!!" etc

 

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See, that's exactly the sort of weird shit I expect... no, demand!

 

[Sue]

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Okay, I'll bite. What happens if a moose does lick your car ..?

 

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You'll have a big bastard moose stuck to your car... which will then cause drag when you're driving, increase fuel consumption and fuck up the clean air of the Great Canadian WildernessTM???

 

[spring-peeper]

Okay, I'll bite. What happens if a moose does lick your car ..?

The moose get used to being around cars.
If you hit a moose with your car, it will total it.

 

[Ming]

The moose get used to being around cars.
If you hit a moose with your car, it will total it.

They are HUGE. Had no idea until i saw one.

 

[spring-peeper]

They are HUGE. Had no idea until i saw one.

Same here!!!!

We saw one up this Rockies - I think I could walk it one without ducking!!! (I'm under 5 feet).
We watched from a close distance, but then one of the yahoos with us that it would be fun to chase it. Moron!!!

A friend's Dad drove a transport truck. He collided with a moose. The truck was a write-off and the moose walked away.