Here we go again!

So, Delta had a computer error. And we ended up buying tickets to Hong Kong for cheap. Real cheap. Like $43 dollars cheap. Our flight departed out of Calgary, so Liam and I left Winnipeg on Sunday, July 6th, and headed to Regina. After a quick, overnight, visit with family drove on to Calgary. We thought that maybe we'd stop in Medicine Hat for the evening of the 7th, but instead continued forward to Calgary. Little did we know that thousands of our closest cowboy friends were headed to Cow-town too! Yahoo- the Calgary Stempede had rolled into town just ahead of us! 

It took a little searching, but the lovely girl at the Info centre helped us located an available (and just slightly overpriced) hotel room. 

We took at tour of the Calgary Tower- and stood in the glass room, suspended high above the busy streets of downtown Clagary. Very scary! My brain couldn't compute why I'd want to do such an unsafe thing! As long as I looked out, I was fine. But looking down? Eeeek! 

After a short walking tour of downtown, we headed to the hotel to crash.

The following morning, July 8th, we headed out to the Calgary Zoo. But was waylaid by a quick stop at the home of the Canadian Pickers, Double S Antiques and collectables:

At the Zoo we saw penguins, hippos, giraffes and more.

When we stepped into the humid and hot butterfly sanctuary, we joked that we were training for the upcoming onslaught on heat in HK. And sadly it didn't take long for Liam to brew up a sweaty forehead, while I sprouted a very unlady-like sweat-stache. 

In typical McLauchlan travel fashion we jetted through the zoo in less than 2 hours (did I mention we "did" DisneyWorld in 2 days?) on the way out we snapped this pick of Liam doing his best Grishna impersonation:

For lunch we visited Jelly Modern Doughnut- winner of "The Donut Showdown"! I had an egg salad sandwich on a doughnut- a delish balance on doughnut fluffiness and egg salad creaminess. 

And finished up with an beautiful Coconut donut. Much like my sandwich it was fluffy and creamy and yummy! 

As per usual, I posted Instagram photos of our experiences. I often push myInstagram  photos over to my Twitter feed. Within minutes of posting both our Calagary Zoo and Jelly Modern doughnut photos, I had responses and re- tweets from both the Zoo and Jelly! #thatweirdmomentwhenyourvacationrespondsback 

**Update- just got a RT from Calgrary Tower too! 

With lunch in our bellies we decided to check into our next hotel, located closer to the airport to rest and relax. Our flight to HK leaves at 4 am on July 9 - with an eight hour layover in Seattle, and a shorter layover in Tokyo. All in all we have a 30 hour travel day ahead of us!! Post again once we are in HK!