This is the 11th of a series of posts dealing with my 2023 trip to Calgary, Edmonton, and vicinity. I’ve made minor corrections to these reports (typos, bits I don’t feel like making public). Also, I’ve added additional thoughts with the hindsight of a year later or to add further clarification. These are indicated by “NOW”.
Rain was supposed to happen all morning today but when I left the Calgary Hub hostel the air was brisk but no rain. A bus arrived at the bus stop at the same time as I did, but since it wasn't bad out, I decided to abandon my original plan of taking a bus downtown and then getting a daypass. Instead I switched from Edmonton Trail to Centre St and walked downtown. I grabbed breakfast at the downtown McDonald's I went to the most. I think a street woman wanted the cashier to fill her larger coffee cup for free; instead the cashier gave her a smaller cup.
[NOW: This McDonald’s is on 8th Ave SW.]
I returned to the Saddledome. This time despite the construction I managed to get some better photos of the arena. I walked to The large field at Fort Calgary. Soon after it started to rain but it wasn't windy, so the umbrella protected my camera for the minute or two that it rained. No further rain today. I walked along 9th AVE SE, going a bit further east than before; along the way, and I saw this a few days ago, I saw I think a novelty fashion store where one of the mannequins had a skull for a head; before that I saw Park Park, a combination parking lot and park; there's a basketball hoop by one off the parking spaces. What could possibly go wrong? Going west, I revisited Fair's Fair Books. I walked to Centre Street Station and paid my only transit fare of the day. I took a 201/Red Line CTrain (Calgary Transit) to Chinook Station. I revisited Comic-Kaze and bought a book at the other Fair's Fair Books. I walked through Chinook Centre, passing through Shopper's Drug Mart, and had lunch at the KFC at the Food Court (I had originally planned to eat there en route to Weaselhead Flats but tweaked my route).
I took a walkway from Chinook Centre to near Chinook Station; this let me bypass a couple of street lights. A return 201 CTrain arrived a minute or two before the 90 minute ticket ran out and I took it to City Hall Station. I revisited the fountain close to City Hall (I no longer think it's right at City Hall) then walked along 7th Ave SW a ways. At a Circle K I bought a Jones fountain drink. I crossed a bridge to the Sunnyside region.. Walking along Kensington I revisited Pages (which did not want me to leave my bag by the counter, unlike most bookstores. Heading north, I visited the 16th Ave Phoenix Comics, very close to SAIT. I( returned south the same way and revisited Another Dimension Comics; there were issues I didn't have of a magazine I read (Alter Ego), but wasn't sure of the s[pace situation with my luggage so I passed; the cost would have added up anyway. I also revisited A Rare Bookstore by DJ.
[NOW: The fountain is at Olympic Plaza.]
I crossed the Bow River and back a few times via various bridges, including one where the light rail went overhead. I crossed a fourth time but to Prince's Island Park. I headed easy and then left the island and checked just the video store part of Sanktjuri-buks. I returned to the fountain, then went to the Calgary Library and the municipal Centre across the street, then back to the fountain. I worked my way north mostly via Edmonton Trail. I revisited Redd Skull Comics before dinner at the A&W near the hostel. I packed for tomorrow; looks like I managed to get everything into one check-in bag and one carry one, with my backpack in the latter. I think tomorrow I'll skip downtown even though I’ll have time, as it feels like I said my goodbyes to that part of the trip. Likely will explore a bit to the north of the hostel instead.
[NOW: Sanktjuri-buks is in Eau Claire Market. I did in fact explore north on the last day.]
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