Jun
22
2010
Live Long and Prosper !
So yesterday, having the use of JT’s Toyota truck-thing, we decided to take a short trip out, so where to go??
Of course: Vulcan!
After about 1 1/4hrs drive we arrived at Vulcan: a pleasant, if small, town south-west of Calgary. Founded AND named back in 1915 its survival on the map was – unwittingly – thanks to Gene Roddenberry and Leonard Nimoy.
To boldly something or other ....
The visitor centre is basically a Star Trek museum and gift shop with many original props from all franchises of the show. They’ve even got costumes you can dress up in and take photos with cardboards cut-outs of all the main characters . . .Trekkie Heaven or what?!. There is a model of the Starship Enterprise outside to add true quality (Mike thinks its from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier!)
Leonard Nimoy himself was there this April for a convention-type-thing and 5.5 thousand peeps turned up to see him as he was granted the keys of the town (that meant he had to lock-up after the ceremony!!).
The only other recognition for Vulcan is that the photo used in the Encyclopedia Britannica to describe the word Tornado was taken in Vulcan.
So, there you go. A quick trip into space without the aid of artificial stimulants!!
