Heritage Park, Calgary, Canada, Day 1

Calgary is an interesting city.  Flying in was gorgeous.  I love the Canadian hospitality and their accent.  It sounds so Midwestern, I feel like I'm visiting Lauren in Wisconsin. 

By the time we landed and got our car and drove to Heritage Park, we had only 2 hours to view this expansive live western outdoor museum  on 127 acres is set in 1860. There are live performances, and "actors" in costume walking about as if they were living there at that time.  It is very much like Williamsburg, VA that we visited with Lauren about 5 years ago.

Since we only had 2 hours to see the interactive shops, blacksmith, printers, homes, schools, bakery and other live action over 127 acres, we hit the ground running.  Stan has still got to figure out how that is possible and still read every plaque and description and talk to everyone in the park in the time frame we had.   Amazingly, we managed to do just that.

Below is a picture of the first prairie synagogue Jewish built in 1916 by farmers who settled in Calgary trying to escape Eastern Europe.  The yellow house was abandoned in 1927, moved and brought back here in 2008.  The Star of David is carved in the wood.