Day 7 and the End of Our First Week

Today we decided to take a day off from driving so that we could spend some time at West Edmonton Mall, the largest mall in Canada. It's quite the place! You really should check it out!

When we first got to the mall this morning, it must have been "The Over 70 Skate." Seriously, it was a senior citizen skate time at the indoor ice skating rink. Most of these "oldsters" looked to be 70 or older. It was amazing to watch them. Even the woman in the center of the video skating like a pro looked to be over 70.



This was near the beginning of "Bourbon Street" in the mall, which was a food court/restaurant leg.

This big ship was part of the "Deep Sea Adventure." It included bumper boats, a submarine ride, and a sea lion show.

The World Waterpark was unbelievable! It was like being on a beach at some tropical resort. Here's a picture of the wave pool.

Along with tons of different shops, there was an indoor putt-putt golf course, a petting zoo, a Segway course, and a "Center of Gravity" thing where you were shot up in the air by huge rubber bands (kind of like a sling shot) and you kept yourself bouncing by landing on in-ground trampolines.

Here Bob was chatting with a Cockatoo at one of the pet stores in the mall. When Bob called him "pretty bird," he started strutting and dancing. It was too funny.





They even have an amusement park in the mall. The roller coaster in these pictures is not the "big" one. You have to go underground to ride that one. Bob rode it when he was in Edmonton several years ago on a TDY, so he let me wimp out on it this time. I had a headache and didn't think it would mix well. Ü


This is Europa Boulevard on the second floor of the mall.


They had this television screen in the center of one of the food courts. It was round! The top of the CTV sign says "Broadcasting in Full 360⁰." This picture wasn't exactly what it looked like to the "nekkid" eye. It looked smooth and round with no lines or breaks. The camera picked up these breaks in the screen/picture.