7 Casinos. 7 Days….

It’s the 2008 “Visit From My Parents”…

For the first time ever, my parents are in - visiting from Winnipeg. First-time ever for Calgary, as we used to live in Kelowna. It would have been odd for them to visit in Calgary, while we were still living in Kelowna…

Well, enough Canadian geography for now. The important thing is that we will be visiting all seven Calgary casinos over the next…um…70-something hours. No, that’s not quite seven days, is it? 137 hours? 48+48+48+24, carry the two…

Oh, how the hell do I know? The point is, we’ve really only got six days to squeeze in all the culture and sights of Calgary casinos, as they depart at the crack of dawn next week. In about 216 hours. Or so…

Yesterday afternoon, we checked off two on our list: Deerfoot Inn & Casino, plus Grey Eagle Casino – the two furthest from the Such Is Life household. My dad, or “Lucky Magoo” as we call him, struck gold in both, but he did really well in the second casino. Mother was not so lucky. Mrs That Dan Guy and I waited in the car while they played, as we don’t believe in casinos. We will never darken the door of a…ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Who am I kidding??? We were like sailors on shore leave – “Daddy needs new shoes!!”

The nice thing about having seven casinos in one city is that you get to see so much OF the city, while driving to them. We were able to point out the Calgary Tower, Canada Olympic Park, and The Calgary Saddledome, home of our (currently golfing) NHL hockey team.

Today, we’ll drive past many other local landmarks.

Jackpot!!!!!!

Chow for now!!