June 22, 2007 - 7:48 AM - Beautiful sunny day in Maryland for the start of our journey! Off we go into the wild blue yonder. 12:30 PM - Miles: 260 - ...
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June 22, 2007 - 7:48 AM - Beautiful sunny day in Maryland for the start of our journey! Off we go into the wild blue yonder. 12:30 PM - Miles: 260 - We arrive in Pittsburgh! We had plans but plans were made to be trained. 1:00 - When we investigated the walking tour - it actually started at 12:00pm. Thanks www.post-gazette.com for the wrong info. So instead we did our own walking tour to the Heinze Museum 5:00 pm - Went to dinner at August Henry. Can't beat FREE chicken wings. I had soup and salad, Darrell had a HUGE club sandwich with fries. 6:00 pm - Darrell goes solo to the Gallery Crawl. T...
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Well, 8 hours to Riverdale and I can still feel my butt. Saw the world's biggest Buffalo in Jamestown. It's been many years since I've visited ...
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Well, 8 hours to Riverdale and I can still feel my butt. Saw the world's biggest Buffalo in Jamestown. It's been many years since I've visited Frontier Village (as expected, nothing's changed). Watched a 9-man high school football game ("we" won): Wow 12 hours today. Which isn't a problem unless the last few hours are through unfamilar mountain roads... oh yeah rainy, drizzley, wet mountain roads. But before that here's a snap from Teddy Rosevelt National Park's visitor center Day 3 and it's still raining. My uncle Rod tells me Helena get a total of 12 inches on precipitation for a year... wel...
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Before I get started on our Trip Journal let me just say this was one of our very best wedding anniversary trips! We had a blast the entire time, and ...
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Before I get started on our Trip Journal let me just say this was one of our very best wedding anniversary trips! We had a blast the entire time, and cannot wait to return to the Canadian Rockies in the future! Our departure from Houston on Continental Airlines was fairly routine - everything happened on schedule and no lost baggage (thank goodness!). One tip - we discovered some of Continental's planes do not have entertainment systems, so you might consider bringing your Ipod and/or a good book to keep you busy during the four hour flight to Calgary. The drive from Calgary to Banff started o...
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This bed and breakfast is a beautiful, Victorian-style house located in the center of Calgary. Each room features a queen-size bed with a cozy down ... More
We found the room, food and service to be outstanding. It's also in a great location, seemed to be close enough to everything. However, the airport is ...More
Wow, this was my first time to Calgary and I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much if I had stayed anywhere else. The Hyatt was centrally ...More
Excellent service there. I Forgot my plug converter for my Laptop (In europe we have 220V and different plugs). Hotel staff organized one in 15 ...More
The only thing we did'nt like was the limited menu for the morning brunch, and the skimpy dinners, the noise level was good,but when large groups ...More
I used points so the cost was nill but I would pay to stay here. We were in walking distance to everything downtow. The only thing I did not like was ...More
This is one of the best kept secrets for accommodations and upscale dining in Calgary. My wife and I checked out the Kensington Riverside Inn to ...More
The hotel is located on the edge of downtown Calgary's less desirable area. Walking around during the day seemed fine but I would not walk after dark. ...More
We were pleasantly surprised . we stayed there on a connection from Las Vegas . clean pleasant and very helpful, would reccommend to anyone. The staff ...More
I have always been a Sheraton fan. This hotel is nothing like most Sheraton hotels. I have stayed here twice now and found the staff very bland, the ...More
Rolled in to Calgary at 6pm and found that all hotels were booked. After 4 hours with 2 sleepy toddlers we phoned Blackfoot Inn. With only one room ...More
We liked the size of the rooms, the friendliness of all the staff - very pleasant (unlike other hotels we've stayed at in Calgary), nice and quiet, ...More
Great location in Calgary. Restaurants and bar are first class. Everyone was very nice. I would stay there again, we were able to have a great walk ...More
First of all I liked the people of the hotel, they where great, I could use the internet from the hotelmanagre his personal pc and take my time for ...More
The hotel is located in the center of the city and its easy to get around. We have stayed at the hotel a couple of times and staff have always been ...More
9 of us were just there October 2007. Age ranging 39-87. the rooms were clean and no bed bugs!!!!! The rooms were small and very basic, but they were ...More
Well the hotel is a nice quite place. The restaurant is called Graze Alberta I believe. I recieved great service for dinner, and the Menu is only ...More
I didn't have to pay nearly as much as I was expecting to. Room service sent me food I didn't order, but they fixed the problem free of charge. ...More
I absolutely adore this hotel and stay there everytime I'm in Calgary. Firstly, if coming in through the south it is very convientally located right ...More
Beautiful home, wonderful atmosphere. Filled with antiques. Hosts very pleasant, fun and helpful. Breakfast was amazing!! The room was everthing we ...More
This hotel has some of the best food for hotel food. The only thing I didn't like is that it was pretty far from downtown. They have a shuttle that ...More
This is just a great place to stay in Calgary. The house was built in the early 1900s, and has been lovingly restored and updated by the owner. ...More