Caronport, SK to Calgary, AB (6/18/2017)

Day 5
1964, the Plan: Regina, SK to Calgary, Alberta (AB).
1964, the Actuality: On Tuesday, July 21, the Explorer Scouts traveled from Caronport, SK to Calgary, AB.

Sunday, June 18, 2017
We also departed from the Besant Campground near Caronport, SK and headed west on the Trans-Canada Highway 1/TC-1.

Breakfast at Franklyn's Eatery in Morlach, SK;
Franklyn was from Wales

Salt flats factory in Chapin, SK

1964: Getting gas in Herbert, SK (Dr M)

2017: Getting gas in Herbert, SK

Fewer grain elevators in Herbert, SK

A full-service gas station!

Saamis Teepee in Medicine Hat, AB, the world's largest teepee
at 225' high (a Roadside America attraction)

Saamis Teepee was created for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and moved to Medicine Hat in 1991. The circular storyboards were apparently painted beginning in 1994.

Storyboard titled The Plains Cree Way of Life

Brooks Aqueduct (1912-1914) in Brooks, AB, an engineering marvel,
a concrete aqueduct that was in use until 1979
bringing water to farmers and ranchers in the prairie;
also a Roadside America attraction (KSS)

It was replaced by a more efficient earthen aqueduct/canal

Aqueduct next to the canal

Lots of cattle ranches in the prairie

1964: First glimpse of the Canadian Rockies?

2017: First glimpse of the Canadian Rockies (on the horizon)

Approaching Calgary, AB

We have been to Calgary, starting on June 19, 2015.
Kent's parents were in Calgary in 1979, and stayed at the Palliser Hotel, ate at Masche's Deli (no longer exists), and left on the Royal Glacier Coach Line (still exists) for Lake Louise.

Glenbow Museum Building (1967)

Arts Commons Building (1985)

Palliser Hotel is now the Fairmont Palliser (1914)

Outlaw, the Bull (2008, by Richard Loffler), Canada's
most famous bull who performed at the Calgary Stampede;
"he" now performs in front of the Stock Exchange
(a Roadside America attraction)

Calgary Tower (1967-1968), at 626' tall,
it was the tallest such structure in North America
and remains the tallest building in Calgary

Tamiko at the Calgary Tower with a couple Canadian mascots in
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) uniforms (KSS)

Looking straight down through the glass floor
(a Roadside America attraction) in the north part
of the observation deck of the Calgary Tower

Two skyscrapers: Suncor Energy Centre (1983-1984)
on the left, and The Bow (2007-2012)

Child hiding behind a bench

View from the Calgary Tower towards the Saddledome (1981-1983),
home of the Calgary Stampede and the NHL Calgary Flames (KSS)

Calgary's Peace Bridge, aka Snake Bridge (2010-2012)
was designed by Santiago Calatrava (KSS)

Leaving Calgary, we definitely can see the Canadian Rockies

Because we could not determine where the Explorer Scouts camped in Calgary, we made reservations at the Lac des Arcs Campground near Exshaw, AB.

Our campsite #1

Pit toilet in the Rockies