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Day 3 (September 26, 2026): Calgary Zoo and some key Calgary sights

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Exhaustion and the time change made it difficult to get out of the hotel on time this morning.  It was 9:15AM by the time we headed off to the Calgary Zoo.  That's still pretty good, I guess, all things considered. The zoo was one busy spot on a Saturday morning!  So many families were enjoying the place - it was nice to see.  The Calgary Zoo -- officially named the Wilder Institute's Calgary Zoo -- is located just east of the city's downtown. It is home to over 1,000 animals, excluding individual fish and insects, and 272 different species. The 125-acre zoo is organized into distinct zones: Destination Africa, Wild Canada, Penguin Plunge, Dorothy Harvie Botanical Gardens and ENMAX Conservatory, Exploration Asia, and Prehistoric Park. It is Canada's most visited zoo and has received international recognition as one of the top zoos in the world for conservation research. We walked over 6KM in the zoo, and we loved it all!  Mind you, we were in need of some Tim's ...
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Day 5 (September 28, 2026): Halifax bound

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This was a quick trip. We have a number of family members and friends here in Calgary, but this trip was all about showing Earl and Shelly some key Alberta sights.  We will have to schedule another trip to catch up with family and friends. There were two exceptions, however: a Sunday evening coffee with my brother, Peter, and a Monday morning breakfast with our long-time friend, Nicole. We headed out to the airport at 10:45AM for our 1:25PM Westjet nonstop to Halifax. The airport was very busy, and there was little time to spare, after returning the rental, checking in, doing the security process, and getting to the gate.  The flight was packed, and we were all assigned much-dreaded middle seats for the five-hour flight.  By some miracle, though, the seat next to Earl had a no-show passenger, so Shelly moved just before take-off and was able to sit next to him for the trip home.  Pam and I were not so lucky, but, somehow, we managed. We made it back to Halifax on tim...
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