Today is my last day in the Rocky Mountain area. Left rampart creek at 8:30 in the morning. Sylvian, a French guy, became my passenger. He works in a publishing company. We had some very interesting conversation. He has seen 3 bears in 2 days.

I arrived at Calgary around noontime. Picked up Mr. 'Woody the Crying Wolf', an Indian hitchhiker and his wife. It is the first time I gave ride to Indians. Woody talked a lot. He even offered to introduce me to one of his Chinese friends' daughter, a pharmacist in Calgary.

Calgary has a population of about 700,000. It prospered mostly because of the discovery of oil. As a relatively young city, the city center has quite some modern high-rises. From the top of Calgary Tower, you can get a good view of the city. Another interesting place to visit is the Glenbow museum. Founded by one of the Oilman, Harvi, the museum has a specialized collection of early settlement history of western Canada. I would have stayed longer had my parking meter last longer than 2 hours.

From the museum, I stopped by at a small coffee place downtown. It is a very nice and cozy place. Erin, a girl who works there, happened to have lived in SF for a month.

Leaving Calgary, I drove two hours west to Lake Louis. Arrived at the hostel at 9:00 PM. The place was packed with tourists. I have not had much since noon and am desperate to get some 'serious food'. Only one little pizza place was still open. And their fish and chips are totally nightmare.

next day (9/8)