Originally Posted by dianebonjovi

Oh, I forgot to add... you'll actually see folks wearing cowboy boots and cowboy hats!!!!!! At least they were when I was there back in 1992.

And if you're there at the right time, there's the Calgary Stampede, which is a big summertime festival.

Oh and because Alberta is in the prairies, when you're away from the mountains the land is FLAT!!!!!!!! I mean you can drive for miles and miles without turning the steering wheel!

Oh... and the glaciers are really cool. It's pretty neat to see the ice that has been there for years and years. Although every year more of the ice is melting. They even have markers showing where the ice had been at different years in the past.