This morning’s first priority was to donate some money to the casino for allowing us to overnight there. After a coffee and an orange juice we proceeded to the slot machines where one of them quickly swallowed a crisp $10 bill and gave us an appropriate amount of credits. After pressing the play button four times, only $0.10 remained, not really enough to cash out. Oh well.

Martin met up with a potential new client who works with the railway companies to scan their tracks for safety. They have a really sophisticated boxcar that measures all sorts of different track qualities while the train is in motion and provides real-time data to the railway company when it finds issues. The meeting took place at the CP sorting yard.

After business, we drove to Chinatown and visited the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre museum to learn about the history of the Chinese people in Canada and the discrimination they faced. There were also super exhibits of the accomplishments of the Chinese people over their long history.

One particularly impressive piece of art we saw was a picture that was almost entirely comprised of feathers.

Another intriguing item was the bronze singing fish basin that has two ears. If you fill the basin with water and rub the ears with wet hands, it will make a distinct sound and four water columns will rise from the surface as a result of standing waves. The kids were really good at it and happy to demonstrate their skills.

Tonight’s camping spot is at Cabela’s where there is room for four RVs, complete with dump station.