This proved to be very interesting as the rancher was related to British nobility and had been educated at Eton but fell out with the family and moved to Canada over 50 years ago. He is now an honorary chief of an Indian or as they are now called First Nation Tribe. At the ranch they have an excellent museum about the Indian Tribes and also the early Mounties as the owner Stan Cowley had served as a Mountie for a few years. The other interesting feature on the ranch was a white buffalo and the only one in North America. This animal is held in reverence by the Indian Nation and people come from miles to see it. After this visit to the ranch we had lunch in the Winter Olympic Training Centre in Calgary. This has 3 Ice Rinks plus Ski Jumps and taboggan runs. The highlight for everybody was watching a young skater probably no more than 10 years old and she was fantastic and the turns and leaps she could do were amazing. One of the staff told me she has the potential to be an Olympic champion in the future. Gaye has decided that she will enroll for the Taboggan after all her daring exploits this week. We then headed to Calgary airport where most of the party would fly back to LHR while we stayed at an airport hotel as we fly back to SLC tomorrow afternoon. This has been a great holiday and both of us have enjoyed every minute of it helped by superb weather, fantastic scenery, and excellent fellow travelers.
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