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In mid June, we travel to Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a lot of connection to Alberta, we have lived in Calgary and Lake Louise. Regular readers of the blog will note many Edmonton-based entries as we visited Mumtaz’s parents, brother and family over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calgary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forest Fire smoke is common in the West in summer but this year it is a national phenomena. There were days where we wore N95 masks to venture out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a wonderful reunion with Cindy, click on the photo below for our tour of the Aviation Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hotel openings are quite special and I have been fortunate to participate in 5 of them over my career. I remain in touch with colleagues from each so no surprise that I met up with Dave now living in Calgary, we were colleagues at the opening of the Meridien Vancouver. We spent a great afternoon going over old times and catching up otherwise. Sorry, no photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A real highlight of our visit to Calgary was being at the ceremonies for new born Naiyah. Normally I would post a photo here on the page and have you click on the photo to see more. In the case, the photos that I received are somehow unembeddable so; click here<\/strong><\/a> for photos of adorable Naiyah, proud parents Aliya and Nushad and proud grandparents Shamim and Nazir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drumheller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the photo below for our trip to the badlands around Drumheller Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edmonton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yasmin joins us in Edmonton, we visit with Nazim and Rozmin who were especially hospitable. Tasneem and Jerry joined us for an evening and; how lucky, Nabil and Farah were visiting from London. Sorry, no photos from the family events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a photo of Yasmin and Mumtaz. It was our first visit to the somewhat quirky Tru branded hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo is more than just the unusual chairs; the weather throughout our Edmonton stop was dreadful but, I think, welcome, we were less than 200 kms from the nearest forest fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Road Home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of hotel openings, I tracked our old and very dear friend Willy who was a colleague from the opening of the Chateau Airport Calgary Hotel. Thanks for a terrific evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our return flight was cancelled, travel is full of adventure these days but we returned safe and sound with great memories of our trip to Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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