Visiting with friends in Calgary

We had a fantastic time visiting with our cruising friends, Ralph & Karen of "Five Islands", who have "swallowed the hook" and are now "dirt dwellers" and back to land life in Calgary, Alberta. They were extremely gracious hosts and took us on a tour of the countryside where we were able to experience a standardbred training farm (race horses), a "saskatoon" farm (which are like blueberries), and the beautiful Canadian Rockies.

 We also visited downtown Calgary and experienced a rodeo with the famous "chuckwagon" races!

It was great to see them again and get to hear about (and see photos of) their land trip to Peru. We hope to organize a similar trip next sailing season.
We left Calgary area on Sunday, 26 June and headed up on Highway 40 thru the middle of the mountains. As we crested the highest pass (around 7200'), it was snowing on us! The scenery on this drive was some of the most spectacular that we've ever seen.