{"id":1308,"date":"2008-05-21T07:21:05","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T13:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2008\/05\/21\/the-long-way-to-the-crossroads\/"},"modified":"2008-05-24T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T18:48:48","slug":"the-long-way-to-the-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2008\/05\/the-long-way-to-the-crossroads\/","title":{"rendered":"The long way to the Crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d head out to visit another one of Calgary&#8217;s markets on Saturday, the <a href=\"http:\/\/crossroadsmarket.ca\/\">Crossroads Markets<\/a>. Aided with a map with a rough idea about how to get to there, what I thought would be an hour or two turned into an almost 20km hike all around Calgary, with a few stops along the way. The picture below represents my journey on Saturday, and at least according to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps\/ms?hl=en&#038;gl=ca&#038;ptab=2&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;oe=UTF8&#038;msa=0&#038;msid=104429962170361876967.00044d74f4b115f167c30&#038;ll=51.028224,-114.036713&#038;spn=0.062511,0.188141&#038;z=13\">the map<\/a>, was 19.42km. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><a href='http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/calgarywalklarge.gif' title='The walk'><img src='http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/calgarywalk.gif' alt='The walk' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a twitter-fied version of my journey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop for the mandatory Saturday coffee at Caffe Artigiano<\/li>\n<li>Marvelled at the Talisman Centre<\/li>\n<li>Wandered around the Reader Rock Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Thinking this area around the Calgary Water Centre is pretty industrial<\/li>\n<li>Alright, so I can&#8217;t go further from here, perhaps I need to turn here<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t see Blackfoot and decide to circle back<\/li>\n<li>I recognise MacLeod<\/li>\n<li>It looks like 42nd might connect. Do I want to risk trying it? Hmm. Let&#8217;s walk on.<\/li>\n<li>Stopped to get water<\/li>\n<li>52nd? I wanted 50th. Turn back around<\/li>\n<li>Go karting. Awesome<\/li>\n<li>What the? The map said 50th connected to Blackfoot<\/li>\n<li>The map says 58th should connect too. I have no faith in this map.<\/li>\n<li>Yay! I see Blackfoot Inn. Alright, I give a little bit of faith back to the map<\/li>\n<li>Whoa. Getting rough with no pavement to walk on<\/li>\n<li>How convenient (only) the casino has pavement<\/li>\n<li>Terrain increases pretty sharply. I&#8217;m goin&#8217; bush<\/li>\n<li>Woo hoo! A Crossroads Market sighting<\/li>\n<li>Cross busy Blackfoot to get to market. Think mini-freeway deathtrap<\/li>\n<li>Meander around for a while. Grab another drink<\/li>\n<li>The map says Blackfoot circles back. Is it telling me lies again?<\/li>\n<li>Doh. The road doesn&#8217;t have room to walk along. I turn down another road hoping it connects. Good one map. <\/li>\n<li>All signs point to City Centre<\/li>\n<li>An Inglewood trek. I spot Rouge, Nectar Desserts, Spolumbos, and another Buffalo Cafe<\/li>\n<li>I recognise Deane House<\/li>\n<li>People splashing in a large pond amuse me<\/li>\n<li>Famished by 3pm. Smoked ribs and beef brisket doesn&#8217;t sound bad. I stop at The Palomino.<\/li>\n<li>Return to base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d head out to visit another one of Calgary&#8217;s markets on Saturday, the Crossroads Markets. 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