Vulcan

 The town of Vulcan is a vibrant and proud community situated in rural Alberta which we visited.

Even though I have never seen Star Trek, I could still appreciate the bizarre little town and could only imagine how much joy it would bring to a visiting 'Trekkie'.

'Capitalizing on this coincidence, the town has built a Star Trek–themed tourist station (the Tourism and Trek Station), which provides tourist information, displays Star Trek memorabilia, provides unique photo opportunities. The town has also created space-themed murals and signs, and hosts an annual community-wide Star Trek convention known as "Spock Days". This convention attracts hundreds of Star Trek fans from around the world^'

Summer in Alberta part 2

 Alberta felt like everything I had been expecting. The largest railway stretched across Lethbridge and a rare glimpse of an old train chugging across it made this impressive landmark even more so. 

 We visited the largest tepee in Medicine Hat and took in the badlands and rising hills (coolies) that surrounded us. Natasha and Mitch lived in a darling house with a red door. their basement film room made a perfect setting for watching films, two we watched were 'a time to kill' and 'patch adams' (both which Id never seen previously but enjoyed). 

The stretch of bars along lethbridge make a great night out. the smokie stand for late night snacks attracted alot of visitors as did the Top Hat club.

Unfortunately I saw less cowboys than Id hoped for but I did get to visit a cowboy bar and saw many horses grazing. 

we made lots of new acquaintances in Alberta and loved seeing our halloween buddies once more!!

September in Alberta part 1

We met Mitch and Natasha in B.C on Halloween. Ever since, we have been friends and on Sept 11th we went to visit them in Alberta. Alberta is known for its cattle industry, farming and oil. The place we visited was called Lethbridge. Jack rented a car and we drove 14 hours through the Canadian rockies. they were breathtaking! 

 We drove through Banff on the way and I felt very close to it since I had seen so many photos of Marilyn Monroe there in August 1953. 

 We arrived in Alberta at 10pm. We had set out around 4.30am that morning so we felt great to finally be able to stretch our legs and be off the road. We had taken many stops ofcourse (plenty of tim hortons). 

The next day, we went to Medicine Hat to meet Mitch. It was here we saw the largest ever tepee!

we also saw the pinto potato man or bean man (whoever he is??)

 

Mitch and Natasha have 3 cats, but this is Mr.Buttons and I loved how fixed he was on this special lookout post. Dreamily, looking out of the window of his new house... watching the world go by

 

We visited beautiful Waterton with Its rich mountains and fresh sea air. We stood by the river and watched as the glistening blue water travelled by off into the distant mountains.