Candy and Jim's Great Canadian Adventure: Pancake Breakfasts in Calgary

This will be a short post today with lots of pictures. We are getting ready for the kids to arrive in Calgary this evening, and Jim and I are attending a Stampede event this afternoon! Yeehaw! I have to say that Calgary does a much better job of getting into the rodeo spirit than Houston does. Every office tower, every restaurant, every bar, every grocery store, every gas station, (you get the picture) decorate for Stampede. Bales of hay and old barn wood abound! One of the coolest traditions for Stampede is the "Pancake Breakfast." Every morning, venues all over the city offer a pancake breakfast for FREE! And by venue, I don't mean large auditoriums, although there are plenty of those. Nope, even the corner grocery store and gas station gets in on the action. Every councilman, politician and community center, etc. has their version of the pancake breakfast. There's even a special website to find the pancake breakfast closest to you on any given day: http://www.flapjackfinder.com Check it out, it is really a good website. Here is a map view of some of the pancake breakfasts:

Now for the "Mini Series of Hikes!" This week's hike was done in Kananaskis Country on Mt Allan. We hiked to Troll Falls, Nakiska Ski Area, Skogan Trail, and Hummingbird Plume Lookout......all in one day! It was 18 km or 11.25 miles. We were tuckered out when we got home and in desperate need of a beer. :)