There's one thing I do not want to leave Alberta without doing. This is Canada's premiere cattle country. There's the world's largest outdoor rodeo here each summer. The land is filled with ranches, cowboys, and oil workers.
I want a good steak before I leave.
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In addition to that, there's been something looming over us at almost every step we've taken here. At over 450 feet above downtown, there's the Calgary Tower.
If you know Tim, he just can't pass up a good, tall tower. He's been above the skyline in Seattle; to the top at the CN Tower in Toronto; gazed over the Empire State in it's eponymously named building in Manhattan; and even been to the top of the orange tower at Magic Mountain.
It's Sunday and quiet in downtown Calgary. The weather's cooling off from the glorious few days we just had. Calgary's patios and pubs are nowhere near the hive of humanity they were on Stephen Avenue just yesterday.
A couple of stops on the C-Train get us to where we need to be. Actually, two stops would have but we went three and now we have added another couple of blocks to our walk.
Eventually, we make it to the corner where the tower sits.
After paying our admission, the elevator takes us pretty quickly up to the observation deck at the top of the tower. As soon as we roll out of the cab, we see the star attraction.
At 450 feet above the street, standing on a glass floor is not what you naturally want to do. It's bad enough to see other people do it but getting out there yourself is another matter.
Tim gives me a week's worth of butterflies when he rolls right onto the glass. I instinctively grab his chair with one hand and a pole with another as if he were to suddenly crash through the glass I would somehow be able to hold him and his chair in midair until rescue were to arrive.
Realizing the folly of that, I let go and Tim is no worse off because of it.
I gingerly step out onto the glass. We take some pictures and then proceed to soak in the views from above Calgary.
From here, we can take in the Stampede and the surrounding buildings that were raised for the 1988 Winter Olympics hosted here.
The Bow River and Fort Calgary can also be easily seen.
Several buildings down below have their names painted on the roof so people in the tower can find them when they get down. The Palomino Club entices me for a drink later.
After seeing the sky-high view of the city, we exit through the gift shop and make the trek over to the nearby Inglewood neighborhood. It's here where Letty can browse one of the local yarn shops while Tim and I chat over a beer.
Later, it's time for dinner. One more thing...we head to the Keg, which is in the lobby of the Westin Hotel, for some of that Alberta beef.
I'm torn between deciding on the New York strip and the prime rib but the roast eventually wins over the steak.
Letty gets a top sirloin topped with shrimp and scallops.
Tim gets some prime rib sliders.
It's very delicious and easily satisfies my cravings for that Alberta cow I've been dying to eat.
Darryl Musick
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Photos by Letty Musick
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