We always enjoy seeing a city from a high vantage point and the "Calgary Tower" fit the bill on this trip. We viewed this city from the observation deck. Designers always delight in presenting something "special" on this type of structure. The Calgary Tower was no exception.
Psychologically, one part of my brain says this "glass" floor is strong enough to withstand the weight of a large elephant, the other part of my brain says "don't stand here very long". Marilyn seems so cool and collected but I can assure you "I did not". Standing here takes all the courage I can muster.
I quickly moved off this "floor".
Calgary is a city of just over a million people. They've diversified now and the city is a large oil and gas center; but in the beginning, it was a "cattle town" and even today, that life is celebrated with an annual event known as " The Calgary Stampede ".
This year (just a few months before we arrived ) the town received 14 inches or rain in a very short period of time. True to Canadian spirit, a reclamation of gigantic proportions restored the area where the stampede is held each year.
It required work seven days a week and 24 hours a day. I'm amazed they were able to keep "the show on the road". It's difficult to imagine the area looked like this just two months earlier.....
▶ Stampede Grounds Calgary Flood June 21, 2013
It required the evacuation of 70,000 people.
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