So, this is what it looked like when we arrived in Calgary on December 3. It had been close to 60 degrees just the day before at home. I mentioned to someone that I had seen Lethbridge was expecting -27 degrees Farenheit for lows while we were there – they reassured me that was Celsius. They were wrong! The coldest it got was -45 degrees and that was most definitely Farenheit!

Members of the Association of Canadian Custom Harvesters who braved the blizzard and cold to attend their convention.

The view of Lethbridge, Alberta from our hotel window.

The was the “non-machinery” year for the ACCHI. They have equipment to crawl on and look under and pick apart every other year. Next year, in Saskatoon, the machinery will be there for everyone to see. As a reminder of what we saw in the past two years while in Canada, visit these previous posts from 2011 (Out of the Country) and 2012  (Oh Canada!, Oh Canada! (Cont) and Oh Canada…the end).

It’s the final night – auction night!

Marilyn Kuntz of Kuntz Harvesting. Make sure to check out her blog and see what she had to say about the event!

The same view from our room.

The hotel we stayed at had beautiful rooms. Jim and I decided we could live here. I most definitely could use one of these – a walk-in closet!

These next series of pictures are of our trip from Lethbridge to Calgary. Oh…how I wish I could share the extreme cold with you! Thank you, Jerry and Lynn, for being our chauffeurs. We certainly had a great time!

So, once we started seeing the outskirts of Calgary, I really wanted to see more than just the frost on my window. I found that by placing my thumb on the window, I could actually melt it (a little at a time) and created a hole big enough to see something.

Another beautiful hotel room near the Calgary airport.

Goodbye, Alberta! Let’s do this again…soon!