We got to the Stampede about 1.10pm and the Rodeo started at 1.30pm and finished about 4pm. The kids then went on as many rides in the next 3 hours as they could. We left them and shot away to get some postcards, the Chuckwagon races started about 7.45pm, then at about 9.30pm there was a gap of about half an hour before the show at night started. It was pretty amazing with dancing, singing, a comedian, motorbike stunts, and acrobat's, and lots of fireworks. We...

Hi everyone, it's great to hear from you all. We had a great time in Edmonton, we stayed in a flash hotel right at one end of this huge shopping mall, I think you would have to stay a week to get right round all the shops. We all spent the first morning at the massive indoor water park( biggest in the world). There were some amazing hair raising slides. we all went on all them, even Charlotte! The only one she didn't tackle is the red slide, which is a bit lik...

Hi everyone, we have just spent the last two days in Calgary, chilling a little. The day before yesterday Sue took me to this shopping area where there is a lot of art shops, we had a good poke around for a couple of hours, while the guy's took the kids to a big pool with lots of slides. Yesterday serveral of us went to another huge new shopping centre (it was heaven). We leave today for a couple of nights at Edmonton and one in Jasper on our way back. I thi...

Hi everyone, we have about ended our first full day in Canada. This morning we went to Body Worlds & The Brain. It was really interesting, people donate their bodies to science, they are kind of preserved almost into a resin and sliced up so you can see inside their bodies and see how all their parts work. A little weird but is really well done. Vera (Sues mother) put on a lovely tea tonight, her sister Laurie and husband Ray and friend Gail came over. ...