A day in Calgary Farmyard

We went to visit the famous Calgary Farmyard, previously known as the Calgary Corn Maze last saturday, Aug 24. It's located in Rockyview area, almost outside Calgary. 

 We've been here about 2 or 3 years ago. Emma was still very young to fully enjoy all of its amenities. But last saturday, she had so much fun exploring the place.

The entrance fee is $18/person (3years and up). Hours of admission: 11am-4.30pm. Although the last 2 weekend of August was their Sunfest, so they opened at 10am.

Here are the top activities we love there. This is not sponsored and in random order:

My top 5
1. Free pony rides
Emma experienced to ride on the ponies. They provide helmets for safety precautions. They also have 3 ponies to ride with. Last saturday, we're fortunate that there is no long line.

2. Express train ride
I think this is our favorite ever since. It's a mini train where we just sit down on like a bench and we just passed through the corn fields. The ride is less than 5 minutes.

Train ride :)

3. Huge playground
This is Emma's favorite ever. She enjoyed climbing up and down the rope, sliding on the mini slides and just running around it.

4. Big bouncy place
This is a big place where we enjoyed jumping. It just becomes too hot if the weather is hot too.

 5. Mini golf

We also had fun playing here. 

My husband's top 3:
1.sunflower fields
Suprisingly enough, he said he likes this. It's the added atttraction this year.

2. Express train ride

3.basketball court
This is very obvious because he likes to play basketball.

Emma's top 3:
1.playground
2. Slides- she likes to go on slides, big and small

3. Petting zoo
- there was some bunnies, goats, llama, ponies, hen and some kitties.

Overall, it was a great day at the farm. We had so much fun! There's also a lot of activities to do for all ages! 

My top 3 favorite parks in Calgary

Summer is almost done. Few more weeks and we will be expecting snow again. While we can enjoy the warm weather, my family always make it a point that we go outdoors.

This year, we opted to go to different parks around Calgary. I would like to share my top 3 favorite. The lists is in random order.


1. Prairie winds park
This park is the closest to us. Its located in NE. We always go here for church picnics. Last year, they renovated the place and there is a huge waterpark for kids of different ages to enjoy.

The park also have 2 playgrounds, a tennis court and a basketball court. It also have a hill and during winter, they make it as a tobogganing place. 

2. St. Patrick's park
We just discovered it this year. It's located in downtown. We went there few weeks ago. We parked in the East village and walked through the bridge. It is an island, so there's a place where people can dip on the cold Bow river water. There's a lot of picnic tables, a playground for big kids, and a nice walking trail. 

Emma is not scared of walking in this bridge

3. Bowness Park
It's located in NW, i think it's also one of the most popular during summer. It has a lot of space for picnics. They offered boat for rents, had a fun train ride that goes around the park and it has an outdoor pool for the children to enjoy.

We went here in 2017 but not during sunmer time, so we haven't really enjoyed all of those things. We went here again few weeks ago, the parking is so full, we have to park in the overflow parking. While we were there, we walked in the trail that is going to Bowmont park, and Emma waddled for few minutes in the Bow River. 

It was fun! Emma loves swimming in the water. She really enjoys dipping her legs to the cool water.

There's still a lot of parks here in Calgary that needs to be discovered. We will try to visit some new places again next year.

 

Best summer so far!