travelalberta.com 1 travelalberta.com 3 Shared by @calsnape at Moraine Lake #explorealberta 4 travelalberta.com 5 10 - History Road WELCOME TO IN 16 - Prairie Tranquility THE PANORAMIC THIS ISSUE 21 - A Paradise Carved in the Wilderness PROVINCE 26 - The Iron Road to the Top Summer in Alberta is a portrait of indigo 32 - Vacation Packages mountains, aquamarine lakes, sage 40 - OPEN KITCHEN: REDEFINED grasslands and the maroon-striped canyons of the badlands. Zoom in on our cities and 44 - Behind the Scenes at the Calgary Stampede towns, alive with the vibrancy of summer 48 - EXPLORE THE LAND OF THE DINOSAUR events, festivals and cowboy culture. There’s something for everyone in this picture. Start in an 57 - #explorealberta open pasture with a riotous long-table dinner celebrating local cuisine, from field to fork (think roasted broccoli with marigold 66 - Old Country Meet New Country butter and 40-day dry aged Alberta beef). Venture not-so-far north and explore the magic of Lesser Slave Lake. Take in an outdoor car show in Wetaskiwin for a chance to see everything from vintage roadsters to muscle cars. Continue your history lesson at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. Find tranquility where east meets west in a Lethbridge peace park. Head for the hills – and valleys and coulees – of the breathtaking badlands in the south. Jump back in time to rediscover all things dinosaur with a trip to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum and then spend a day exploring the wonders of Dinosaur Provincial Park. Intrepid travellers might take to tackling a mountain face in Banff National Park. No experience is necessary for this expertly guided rock-climbing adventure. Definitely bragging rights material. Almost everyone knows something about the Calgary Stampede. Our behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of cowboys and volunteers will give you a new appreciation of what goes into this annual 10-day whoop-up (including enough pancake batter to fill an Olympic size swimming pool). Be a part of Alberta’s summer palette. Dive in and savour the scene. 6 travelalberta.com 7 WWW.JASPER.TRAVEL 8 travelalberta.com 9 HISTORY ROAD As Ted Reynolds bumped along in the driver’s seat of his half car, half buggy machine, his heart raced. Gripping the tiller, he steered past the Wetaskiwin fields, nosing toward top speeds of 32 kilometres/hour (20 miles/hour). by MIKE FISHER Back in the day, his prized 1905 Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, 70 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout was kilometres (43 miles) south of Edmonton, the talk of this central Alberta town, via AB-2 S and AB-2A. making an ear-splitting racket at the dawn of a new age. Motorcars were swiftly leaving horses in the dust. Within EXPERIENCE HISTORY a year, the Alberta government required ROAD: THE ULTIMATE vehicle owners to observe speed limits of CAR SHOW WEEKEND 16 kilometres/hour (10 miles/hour) in settled areas and The Olds is one of many cars you can see fork over $2 to register their cars. at the museum’s annual History Road: Standing in front of the shiny Olds more The Ultimate Car Show Weekend (June than 100 years later, I bend slightly to peer 13 and 14). The largely outdoor event into the interior. Originally purchased for traditionally basks in summer sunshine, $650 and advertised as The Best Thing drawing thousands of visitors who are On Wheels, the partially restored vehicle eager to see rare vehicles. It’s a one-of-a- is a time machine of sorts, taking me to a kind spectacle that features open-bodied trail of past glories. I can almost see the roadsters, modern muscle cars and more. cows looking up in alarm as the ungainly On both days there’s a Parade Through Olds roars past. The Century, a series of decade-themed Ted’s son Stan would go on to donate drives. a core collection of 1,500 artifacts to “We’re anticipating this year’s event to the province of Alberta until his death in be the biggest and the best,” says Nicole 2012. The collection of primarily vehicle Goetz, the museum’s marketing and memorabilia is housed in the Reynolds- communications assistant. “We had more 10 travelalberta.com 11 Reconnect with… friends family nature than 600 cars registered last year. We just in wide-leg jeans and a Lee denim jacket family affair. Among the couple’s various keep growing, with more car clubs signing she’s had since the early 1970s. She’s Mustangs, George has entered his 1967 up.” enjoying the waft of burgers from a grill Mustang Coupe. Their parents, her The museum interprets the impact of as onlookers peer into what has become brothers, their wives, a nephew and oldest Only minutes from Edmonton, visit St. Albert this summer. technological change in transportation, an icon of unbridled horsepower – her son have all taken part. aviation, agriculture and industry from restored 1973 Mustang Mach 1. “At History Road, you’ll meet the 1980s to the present. You can see, “Even if a spectator isn’t really into someone new every year, some from far and in some cases, hear vintage cars, cars, he or she will see at least one or away and all with a story to tell about motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, tractors two that will bring back fond memories of their treasure on wheels.” says Lynn. “We and aircraft at cleverly staged interactive grandpa or family vacations,” says Lynn, do a lot of talking, walking, reminiscing, exhibits. who with husband George has been laughing and eating. You’ve got to love the participating in the event for the past freshly made mini-donuts and the music seven years. “Many times, women have playing outside.” HORSEPOWER CHARGES told me that my Mach 1 reminded them of As I make my way along the CLASSIC MUSTANGS boyfriends past. Or the guys are kicking museum’s housed artifacts, the exhibit themselves for ever selling their car all Follow That Trail explains how path- Just minutes west of Edmonton, the Tri Region is the perfect weekend Inside, the first exhibit I experience is a big those years ago.” finding cars and their intrepid drivers escape. Create a different kind of day trip, be your own tour guide, discover cutout of a red horse, showing how James braved little known routes in the early culture first-hand and examine the area at your own pace. Enjoy unique Watt, a 19th century Scottish inventor, days, spearheading adventures for adventures and authentic experiences, embrace and immerse yourself in standardized the measurement of power. CAR CULTURE IS others as road conditions improved with down-home hospitality. He found that one good draft horse could A FAMILY AFFAIR safety. More than 100 years later, the pull 75 kilograms (165 pounds) 61 metres long and winding road leads me out into (200 feet) in one minute. This came to be Stroll into a car subculture comprised the sunshine for a burger and one more known as one horsepower. of History Road participants who are look at Lynn’s magnificent Mustang Outside on the History Road grounds, inviting you into their world for a weekend Mach 1. MARKETS CONCERTS Wetaskiwin resident Lynn Croft is dressed of immersion. 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For general park information, reservations 14 and discount tickets, visit calawaypark.com travelalberta.com 15 Snooze & Cruise Family Package PRAIRIE TRANQUILITY by JOANNE ELVES It’s a chance for me to come Henderson Lake and within a very before they leave the park to mix with Package includes 2 nights in to a full stop. To stop and small area creates the illusion of a large Henderson Lake where the “borrowed listen to the water, to smell the secluded retreat. Shrubs, trees, grass, view” or shakkei extends your view. a two-bedroom chalet with blossoms, stroll the path and water and rock are used to create kitchen/fireplace PLUS a scenic cleanse the road weariness from harmony. Like most of the structures boat cruise on world-famous my soul. Busy Mayor Magrath at Nikka Yuko, the teahouse was THE SOUND OF FRIENDSHIP Fun Festivals handcrafted in Kyoto then dismantled and SOOTHES THE SOUL Maligne Lake to Spirit Island for Drive in Lethbridge is a stone’s Rich History throw away but the tranquil shipped to Lethbridge to be reassembled. 2 adults & 2 children. Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Without the use of nails it’s as sound A visit is never complete without pulling seems worlds away. as the day it was erected and hosts back on the huge log that acts as a mallet $ countless tea ceremonies.