Fort Edmonton Meets Its Match

Last weekend we took in the free attractions day in Edmonton. Yes, free! (with a donation to the food bank) We planned to see Fort Edmonton, the zoo, the Muttart Conservatory, and go swimming. Turns out though, that we're not the only people who heard about this free day, and so the last three didn't happen due to ridiculously long line ups.
I should have taken more pictures, but I was struck in awe as my wife all but stumped the interpreters with her questions. And it's not because she couldn't, she just didn't want to embarrass them, really. When we came to one, I asked "Hey, old fashioned man, where'd you get that hot tea?", and then Kelsey goes and one ups me with "I notice that you're dressed as a Voyageur. Wouldn't that have been a little out dated in the time period you're representing?" and "When you say Winnipeg, don't you mean Lord Selkirk's region?" It was fun to see them squirm!

Here's Kelsey very slowly cooking her banack in the Indian Village. Seriously, this took about 20 minutes while everybody else was out of there in under 5. Then she complained that there was no jam!

We got to take a ride on the old fashioned steam engine around the park.
Like I said, I should have taken more pictures. General impressions: the Fort is huge, and they do a great job.

Disappointments: the touch screen computer at the till of the 1885 bakery.
Really Cool: the fact that they have an 1885 bakery. I had "Frontier beef stew with slab of bread". Mmmm.

T.