{"id":4370,"date":"2016-08-01T22:16:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:12:26","slug":"catching-up-in-calgary-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=4370","title":{"rendered":"Catching up in Calgary, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decided to return to Calgary, Canada to see family and friends for the month of July. It was great to catch up with everyone that we could see so sorry if we weren&#8217;t able to touch base.<\/p>\n<p>Started in Calgary at Audrey &amp; Grant&#8217;s and were fortunate to see most of Brett&#8217;s Mums side of the family. Yes I even made them gather for a family photo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4372\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4372\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100887.jpg\" alt=\"P1100887\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100887.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100887-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100887-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made\u00a0a trip down to Whitefish, Montana with Larry, Brett&#8217;s Dad via East\u00a0Glacier Park, which has amazing views of the rocky mountains. West Glacier and the &#8220;Going to\u00a0 the Sun Road &#8221; was too busy for us this time given it&#8217;s summer, but is absolutely spectacular if you are ever in Montana.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4373\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100889.jpg\" alt=\"P1100889\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100889.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100889-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100889-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Whitefish the big event was Scott &amp; Erin&#8217;s wedding where we were able to see all of Larry &amp; Carey&#8217;s side of the family. The wedding was on the lakefront and they couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4399\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4399\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-2-e1469975992605.jpeg\" alt=\"Scott Erin\" width=\"640\" height=\"709\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4396\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Wedding.jpeg\" alt=\"Wedding\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Wedding.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Wedding-300x240.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Wedding-375x300.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trip back to Calgary via the Crowsnest Pass and highway 22 shows the beauty of Alberta, so different to where the boat is at the moment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4375\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4375\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100911.jpg\" alt=\"The Rocky Mountains are amazing\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100911.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100911-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100911-425x300.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rocky Mountains are amazing<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4376\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4376\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4376\" class=\"wp-image-4376 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100912.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Slide was a rockslide that buried the mining town of Frank in 1903.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100912.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100912-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100912-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Slide was a rockslide that buried the mining town of Frank in 1903<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4377\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4377\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100916.jpg\" alt=\"The canola fields along the foothills are pretty\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100916.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100916-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100916-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The canola fields along the foothills are pretty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We saw lots of our really good friends and old work colleagues while in Calgary, which was great to socialize and catch up. I think everyone thinks we don&#8217;t eat well on the boat as they sure fattened us up with good food and plenty of alcohol. Good times as usual but we need to go on a diet now. Thanks!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4378\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4378\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4378\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4378\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100921.jpg\" alt=\"The Calgary Stampede was on so we caught up for chicken wings with Doug, Todd, Dave &amp; Bob\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100921.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100921-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100921-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Calgary Stampede was on so we caught up for chicken wings with Doug, Todd, Dave &amp; Bob just like old times<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4379\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4379\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4379\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100926.jpg\" alt=\"Alberta beef (yummy) with Tim &amp; Kathy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100926.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100926-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100926-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberta beef (yummy) with Tim &amp; Kathy 1 of the\u00a0many good meals we were treated to<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4369\" style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4369\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4369\" class=\"wp-image-4369 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-3-e1469047290484.jpeg\" alt=\"Party at Jen &amp; Dave's to see lots of friends \" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-3-e1469047290484.jpeg 639w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-3-e1469047290484-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-3-e1469047290484-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Party at Jen &amp; Dave&#8217;s to see lots of friends<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dave, Jen, Megan &amp; Tyler took a trip to Ontario so we were fortunate that they asked us to house \/dog sit for 2 weeks. Max, a generally pretty relaxed lab who likes to rough house with Brett made sure we got our fair share of exercise every day walking up and down Nose Hill, even after a few big nights out catching up with friends. Going for hikes is something we miss so we will have to do some road trips when we return south.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4367\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-1-e1469047427166.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4380\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100931-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"P1100931\" width=\"253\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4366\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-e1469047537120-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"Max\" width=\"241\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4384\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4384\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image-4-e1469294930176.jpeg\" alt=\"looking after a home means yard work again\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">forgot about the yard work that needs to be done&#8230;.No rest for the wicked&#8230;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Max even came with a house in Fernie so we made a trip west to enjoy the outdoors golfing, walking and of course to have a break from all the good food &amp; wine in Calgary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4389\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4389 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100945-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1100945\" width=\"254\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4388\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4388\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100943-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1100943\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4390\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?attachment_id=4390\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4390\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100954.jpg\" alt=\"27 degree weather had Max laying down in the river to cool off and admire the views\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100954.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100954-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1100954-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">27 degree weather had Max laying down in the river to cool off and admire the views<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well it&#8217;s time to head back to our floating apartment (with 2 extra big bags of shopping!) and we&#8217;ll see where the winds take us. For all those that said they want to come and visit we hope to see you soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decided to return to Calgary, Canada to see family and friends for the month of July. It was great to catch up with everyone that we could see so sorry if we weren&#8217;t able to touch base. Started in Calgary &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=4370\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[221,220],"class_list":["post-4370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6214,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions\/6214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}