http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Alberta , Brooks en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:17:09 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:17:09 UTC Hi GuysWell it has been a long few days so far but I have enough energy after my hot tub at the hotel in Brooks to send this email. Plus i have some really cool photos that i wanted to share.Day 1 All the way from Sydney to Calgary and after a quick 1.5 hour nap we went to the Calgary Tower similar to the Centrepoint in Sydney. We had a lovely dinner and met everyone that would be on our tri http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/blog-203524.html Well we ended up in the wild wild west. We arrived in Brooks in Southern Alberta the prairies. We lived in a little house filled with people. There was one bathroom for the nine of us. So pretty crazy to say the least. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/blog-146849.html We travelled from Calgary to Medicine Hat and then Medicine Hat to Brandon and then from Brandon to Winnipeg visiting WalMarts along the way. Highlights included stopping at Brooks Alberta for a pic and to continue a family tradition and visit a WalMart and our night out in Brandon. In Brandon we decided to go out to Houston's a countrywestern bar that was right beside the hotel we wer http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/blog-103710.html We arrived in Brooks early evening yesterday and went for a quick bite to eat before popping in to visit Nikkirsquos mum. We stayed there for quite a while chatting before leaving Svenrsquos parents with her they were meant to be sleeping there and heading out to Nikkirsquos house. She wasnrsquot in when we arrived so we stayed up chatting to Kirk Nikkirsquos husband and waiting for N http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/blog-66998.html In one of the tourist guides that Tom and Laura had laid out for us to read about Canada Brooks had received an excellent writeup. Apparently it is a place filled with cultural and historical sights and is definitely not to be missed. Unfortunately Sven already knows Brooks one of his cousins lives there. When he read that report on Brooks I think he almost fell off his chair in shock. To be http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Brooks/blog-66276.html