Part two, Calgary

There was a flurry of people arranging to go off to places left, right and centre and I think we felt that we should be doing something. It is usual at this time of year, when we both have our birthdays, to arrange some hotel, perhaps in Victoria, and then go and have a steak and a baked potato at the Keg. this October we sort of instantly decided to fly off to Calgary for four nights, and it really was an amazing little holiday in a place we had only ever driven through on our way out west back in 2007.

In the last year or so, a fair bit of our investments have been in Alberta, so we were both really interested in seeing what one of the big cities was like, before the coldness crept in, and so we booked our flights on Westjet, stayed at the Best Western, downtown and had four lovely days there.

View from the TC Energy building towards the Petronas building. It was the day that TC Energy had split their company into two pieces, the new one called South Bow. This was the night we went and had happy hour at the Keg and that steak and baked potato, that was the great thing about doowntown Calgary, the happy hour with a lot of happy people, good food and great beer.

It was a marvellous walking holiday between all those bars and restaurants, easily 20,000 steps a day and we were impressed with the city, there is a lot of construction going on there, typical, but a great transit system, clean streets and fair prices. 

We will go back again.

Year in review, part one

The year is closing down again, we had some interesting weather over the last few weeks, and another repair on the roof, so it is now time to have the roof on the house repaired in the spring, we knew it was going to happen, and happen it will.

A little catch up on the year,  we took ourselves up to Sidney for an amazing afternoon, evening and night, one of our favourite bars has gone, it is no more, but in the tradition it has quickly been replaced. the old bar was called the Rum Runner, the new one is Jack's by the Sea and we hit happy hour, then continued at the Surly Mermaid just around the corner.

Life in Sidney goes on, even though things change, the fish market is still there.

Along with the bored cormorants having perhaps a happy hour of their own.