Hi Mum,
I have arrived in Calgary 
, where it’s just a bit colder than in sunny Califonia, brrr, what a change 
. Here I met other TVs, Sully Monster, who is visiting from Australia, Purple Haze who comes from England and sammino who is a stay-at-home TV. This morning the weather was a bit better, or so they told me 
, so we went with smaug for a site visit in Cochrane, a small town west of Calgary. Apparently the main business in town is still ranching
Here is the Bow River flowing past the town...
And here are a couple of photos of Cochrane, you can see the Rockies in the background.
On the way back we stopped at Canada Olympic Park. This was the main venue for sky jumping, luge and bobsled during the 1988 winter Olympics and it is still used for training and international competitions....in winter 
. In summer people come here for the mountain bike and hiking trails and last week there was a big music festival.
First we checked out the luge track
This is one of the starts; there are different start points for man, women, junior athletes and tourists
Later we had a look at the HS123 (90m) jumping tower. In summer the tower is the starting point of the fastest zipline in North America, with the riders flying down at up to 140km/h 
, that should be exciting 
