Last night, I did laundry and picked up 2 free books in the laundry room(at many of the laundry rooms, you can leave a book/take a book). Made my night! I also spent some time looking at what we should do during our 1 day in Calgary. We were really tempted to go Calgary Olympic Park. It looked really cool from the highway and online, but budget wise, it just didn’t make the cut. I found Heritage Park Historical Village which looked awesome. It is located on 127 acres, partially surrounded by Glenmore Reservoir. It is Canada’s largest living history museum! It was divided into 4 distinct areas reflecting different time periods: 1864-Hudson Bay Fur Trading Company(Did you know it only took 5 beaver furs to trade for a gun?), 1880s-Pre-Railway Settlement(we learned they started training the Blackfeet Indian boys at a early age to buffalo hunt. They would use games up until ages 9-10, then they could start hunting elk, and be ready to buffalo hunt by age 12), 1910-Railway Prairie Town, 1930-1950s-Heritage Town Square. It had a cool small 4 ride amusement park also with rides from early 1900s(Kane really enjoyed!). Swings, Caterpillar, The Whip(which was risque at the time) and the Ferris Wheel. I convinced the family and off we went! It exceeded our expectations! Here are some pics:
