Edmonton - Mall

Monday, August 30.  Happy Birthday, Dana.  Another chilly, rainy day.  Today, we and the Johnsons "did" the Edmonton mall.  The Brundiges did a city tour that turned out to be a private tour for them in a comfortable van.  They went to the legislature, city hall, the university, etc.  They will probably go to the mall tomorrow.

This mall is HUGE.  It's only 2 stories in most places, but it has every store imaginable, along with theme streets (Chinatown, Bourbon Street, etc.) and features such as:

An amusement park with roller coasters and several other rides, adult size as well as children's size.

Cody, Grandpa needed you to go on the roller coaster with him, none of the rest of us were willing.

The mall also included a hockey-sized skating rink.

We walked a little further, and came upon a beach and wave pool, so you could ice-skate and go swimming in one trip.

There were several different water slides that emptied into different little pools.  The big pool did not have the waves going the first time we walked by, but it did the second time.  I looked like a lot of fun, and you wouldn't have to worry about the weather.

You could also try out riding a segway.

Or play miniature golf.

The mall also had some kind of water feature with a big ship and they had shows twice a day, with seals I believe.  We didn't get back there at the right time for the show, but you could also do a submarine ride it looked like.

The mall also had a casino, so I got to spend about an hour in there while Joe rested his feet at the bar.  It was probably about 52 outside, and there were people in this mall in shorts!

We went by this one shop that had a totem pole in the window, so since Mazie wasn't with us we took a picture of it for her.  We think it should probably fit in the back of their truck.

We finally found our way back to the car and then to the campground, but we did get stuck in rush-hour traffic and construction.  We had thought this was going to be our last night together, but Dave and Mazie decided to spend another night here to get their laundry caught up, etc., before they headed off on their own.  I decided to have a little celebration party, so I baked a birthday cake for all the rest of our birthdays (since mine is next), and we spent the evening reminiscing about our trip.  I had put together a picture frame and photo album for each of us, so we had a good time looking the pictures.