Calgary: Day 1

The time finally came for the LA Kings Fan Trip to Calgary. Lupe and I were ready bright and early Saturday morning. The flight was a tad bumpy but not awful.





I managed to take a couple of pics out of our plane window. The mountain were snow topped and I assume these are the Canadian Rockies.

Our hotel, The Westin Calgary was in a great location about 2 blocks away from Chinatown so we hoofed it over there for a yummy dim sum lunch. From there we walked down Centre St toward the Calgary Tower. Lots of interesting sculptures/art work to see.












 Our hotel is about 2 blocks from the river so we had that option which we did another day. The downtown area is easy to walk and we didn't have difficulty navigating the city. The Calgary Tower was our afternoon adventure and off we went.

The tower is not the tallest structure in Calgary but it does offer good views . There is a portion of the tower that has a clear ledge or skywalk so you can see straight down to the street below. Lupe is freaked out by that sort of thing so I tried it and you definitely get that dizzying/vertigo feeling but you kind of get used to it after a bit. :)











We ended our evening with a nice reception/dinner at the Canada Sports Hall of Fame. We got to taste Alberta beef which is excellent and the drinks were flowing. We later learned that the Olympic flame was at the Calgary Tower during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Also the facilities we were at is the official training center for the Canadian winter athletes. :)

I have lots more to post but this is the first part and hopefully I can be good about posting more about our Calgary trip.