Last night, Tyler planned on us taking one of his employees out for a nice Christmas dinner before he moves back to Africa on the 28th to become a preacher. He has worked with Tyler for a number of years as a programmer, but has decided that he needs to go back home and preach, and so he has sold all of his earthly possessions - except for the clothes he will need when he gets there - packed up his home, and made all the arrangements necessary to close off this part of his life and begin a new one. We decided to take him to the Sky 360 restaurant at the top of the Calgary Tower. He has lived here for a number of years and has never been, so we thought it was an appropriate Calgarian send-off.
The kids ended up coming with us, and they loved going up-up-up in the elevator and the idea of being so high off the ground. The rotating restaurant was also fascinating to them. They spent a lot of time looking out the window at the changing landscape below them.
It was a weird sensation for me, as I was sitting backwards to the rotation. I wouldn't really call it motion sickness, but it was an 'off' feeling for most of the night that created a bit of a headache. I wondered if it would have been different if I had been sitting the right way. We visited for a while and ordered our food. Let's just say that for the price, it wasn't that great. They had a kids menu, so Max ordered a cheeseburger and Lucy ordered Mac and Cheese. Unfortunately it was a home-made mac and cheese made with some really sharp type of cheese that definitely was not kid friendly, so she ended up eating most of my chicken entree instead. Max's burger was fine enough, except for the fact that it was huge and he was unable to get his mouth around it without a lot of squishing. Despite the below-average meal, the atmosphere and experience was fun and the kids were really well behaved. We took the opportunity to go to the observation deck so they could stand on the glass floor and look down.
Again, another weird sensation. You get moments of dizziness and a sensation of leaning, which is really weird, but kind of thrilling. The kids were timid at first, but then totally enjoyed it and wanted to stay there all night.
(A view of the ground below us with each of our feet on the glass floor)
Then it was a trip back down in the long elevator, which seemed much faster than the trip up - makes me nervous that they allow gravity to do part of the work...what if gravity gets it's nose in a joint and decides it wants to do the whole job itself...525 floors!
They had a statue of the Albertasaurus from the Tyrrell Museum on display in the lobby, so while Tyler said good-bye to his friend and co-worker, the kids and I took a look around at that, and the big Black Bear Mounty.
Because the kids were so well behaved, we decided to stop and get them a treat of cheesies on the way home. Max ended up with cheesy dust everywhere, so it was a quick wipe down and off to bed when we got home. Tyler and I both commented that we probably would never eat there again, but because we ordered entrees, the lift ticket was covered, so we got a cool experience out of it anyway.
Last night, Tyler planned on us taking one of his employees out for a nice Christmas dinner before he moves back to Africa on the 28th to become a preacher. He has worked with Tyler for a number of years as a programmer, but has decided that he needs to go back home and preach, and so he has sold all of his earthly possessions - except for the clothes he will need when he gets there - packed up his home, and made all the arrangements necessary to close off this part of his life and begin a new one. We decided to take him to the Sky 360 restaurant at the top of the Calgary Tower. He has lived here for a number of years and has never been, so we thought it was an appropriate Calgarian send-off. 
The kids ended up coming with us, and they loved going up-up-up in the elevator and the idea of being so high off the ground. The rotating restaurant was also fascinating to them. They spent a lot of time looking out the window at the changing landscape below them. 
It was a weird sensation for me, as I was sitting backwards to the rotation. I wouldn't really call it motion sickness, but it was an 'off' feeling for most of the night that created a bit of a headache. I wondered if it would have been different if I had been sitting the right way. We visited for a while and ordered our food. Let's just say that for the price, it wasn't that great. They had a kids menu, so Max ordered a cheeseburger and Lucy ordered Mac and Cheese. Unfortunately it was a home-made mac and cheese made with some really sharp type of cheese that definitely was not kid friendly, so she ended up eating most of my chicken entree instead. Max's burger was fine enough, except for the fact that it was huge and he was unable to get his mouth around it without a lot of squishing. Despite the below-average meal, the atmosphere and experience was fun and the kids were really well behaved. We took the opportunity to go to the observation deck so they could stand on the glass floor and look down. 
Again, another weird sensation. You get moments of dizziness and a sensation of leaning, which is really weird, but kind of thrilling. The kids were timid at first, but then totally enjoyed it and wanted to stay there all night. 
(A view of the ground below us with each of our feet on the glass floor)
They had a statue of the Albertasaurus from the Tyrrell Museum on display in the lobby, so while Tyler said good-bye to his friend and co-worker, the kids and I took a look around at that, and the big Black Bear Mounty. 
Because the kids were so well behaved, we decided to stop and get them a treat of cheesies on the way home. Max ended up with cheesy dust everywhere, so it was a quick wipe down and off to bed when we got home. Tyler and I both commented that we probably would never eat there again, but because we ordered entrees, the lift ticket was covered, so we got a cool experience out of it anyway.
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