Sunday, June 21, 2015
For breakfast we had a wait for a table at the popular retro 1950s Diner Deluxe.
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| Diner Deluxe sign |
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| Unusual menu items at Diner Deluxe |
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| Diner Deluxe Breakfast Poutine |
Next the Calgary Zoo, the second largest zoo in Canada.
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Egg - The Unity of Diversity (2013,
by Brower Hatcher) |
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| Penguin Plunge: Pygoscelis papua/Gentoo Penguins (KSS) |
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Canadian Wilds:
Ovis canadensis/Bighorn Sheep with lamb (KSS)
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| Bathing Strix varia/Barred Owl (KSS) |
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| Owl meal (quail and mice) (KSS) |
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| Oreamnos americanus/Mountain Goat kid (KSS) |
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| Bison bison/American Bison (KSS) |
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| Canis lupus/Grey Wolf (KSS) |
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| Cervus canadensis/Elk (KSS) |
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Ursus americanus kermodei/Kermode Bear,
subspecies of the American Black Bear (KSS) |
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| Potamochoerus porcus/Red River Hog with piglets (KSS) |
There were a lot of animal babies at this zoo!
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Destination Africa:
Toddler-gorilla interaction (KSS) |
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Dorothy Harvey Gardens:
Peony with salvia (KSS) |
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| Armillary Sundial (it also indicates seasons) |
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| ENMAX Conservatory: Attacus atlas/Atlas Moth (KSS) |
Since we still had time, we drove out to one of the sites of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.
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| Ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park |
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Brynne in the bobsled used in
the Disney movie, Cool Runnings (1993) |
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| Olympic Flame cauldron (KSS) |
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| Share the Flame (1989, by Vilem Zach) |
On our way back to the city:
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The Beetle (1980s) (KSS)
(Why do they call it a spider?) |
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Statue of Colonel James Macleod (2005, by Don and Shirley Begg)
of the North West Mounted
Police at Fort Calgary
(founded in 1875 as Fort Brisebois)
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This evening was the wedding reception!
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| Wedding cupcake tower |
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| Table settings |
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| Puja and Jaymal |
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| Tamiko, Hansa, Jayanti, Kent |
Next: Banff.
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