Not a birthday trip! Part One

It hasn't been the best year for my mother at all. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and that sucks a metric fuckton. Yes, we all lucked out and she has the best case scenario breast cancer but it's still breast cancer.
And I hate it.

I was given the chance to go out to Calgary for 10 days and you're damn right I took it.
I went at the tail end of Stampede because #pancakes. And #beans.

The essential parts of a Stampede breakfast are pancakes, beans, sausages or bacon, and bad coffee. I haven't had a Stampede breakfast in 10 years and this was exactly perfect.

The following day, we (Mom, Ernie and I) went to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Along the way we stopped in Nanton and saw a Lancaster Canadian T-33.

"The T-33 on display at the Bomber Command Museum is on long term loan by Orville Rowland of Okotoks. One of the Canadian built aircraft, it's fuselage bears serial #21272 although the tail is from another aircraft.
It was taken on strength by the RCAF in 1954 and assigned to #2 Advanced Flying School at CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba where in remained until it was struck off strength in 1967. Mr. Rowland acquired the aircraft and placed it on display at the Okotoks Airport. It was acquired by the museum in 1998."
Source

We visited the candy store as well where I learned they no longer made Nanton Root Beer, which is easily the best root beer on the planet. I don't know how to put into words what I feel about this.

We carried on down the road to Lundbreck Falls where we stopped for lunch.
Lundbreck Falls sits on the Crowsnest River.

Now, here in Newfoundland, people are losing their damn minds over a 30-acre canola field. Seriously. Canola. They're flocking to this field to take pictures of it.

Canola as far as the eye can see.

Next: Waterton Lakes National Park!