The weather on this Fourth of July was cool, overcast, and threatening with rain. Jo Anne, Andy, AJ and I met Ardis, Jo Anne's sister, at her house in Southwest Calgary. We borrowed two bikes from Ardis who also rented one for Jo Anne. Here is AJ trying out his bike in the alley behind Ardis' house. AJ hadn't ridden a bike since he was six, and Jo Anne and Andy hadn't been bike-riding in years either. They say you never forget how to ride a bike, but Jo Anne had a lot of trouble mounting hers. She could only mount the bike from the left side!
On a pedestrian bridge over Fish Creek. The day was cool and overcast. A few raindrops fell as we set out. Jo Anne didn't want to get off the bike because then she would have to mount it all over again.
Fish Creek.According to Wikipedia, the Park is as wide as Calgary. As the city has grown, the park is now completely surrounded by the city and its suburbs.
Fish Creek Park is an urban park...
...But you would never know it. The sun came out and the rain clouds went away.
We stopped at Annie's Bakery for lunch
Annie's Bakery and Cafe
The menu
The view from Annie's porch
Egg Money (Don and Shirley Begg, 2002) is a sculpture dedicated to pioneer women
This is the view from the road at the top of the ridge. That's Annie's at the bottom.
The river bottoms
Chilling on a park bench
The vista on a summer's afternoon
Another view of the Creek. You can just make out the houses of suburbia on the ridge opposite
Nature's treasures
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