Cormac Travels Tramples Testy Trifling Tourism Touters

Yes, this is a traveling blog, but that doesn't mean that I cannot cover other things that are travel-related. And no, please don't jump to the conclusion from this post that I have a problem with Canadians, my problem is with the Canadian Tourist Board. They are simply not trying.

Oh, they are spending money, but they are just half-assing it. Witness below...

"Found new world cuisine amid old world charm." A wonderful slogan, though if you are going to put an ad about food up in San Francisco, try actually putting food in the ad. A salad from the local supermarket, coupled with some fish scraped off a pan, would not entice even someone from the Velveeta-chugging suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area, to go to Canada.

This ad says even less about Alberta...

...come to Alberta and see our unusually large "Step Brothers" posters!

Actually, this is what happens on the American end, when only half of the ad is taken down. Down below is the ad in its entirety...

What it says is "who knew that blogging was so popular 3,000 years ago?" Well, if you had the carvings translated, you'd know why...

Yesterday afternoon, I believe that the Kiowan Bear Lady gave me a bad batch of bear stew. When I confronted her about it, she said "oh, I must not have completely rinsed out the deer urine I used to clean that pot. No problem. Come back tomorrow and I'll give you a slightly different bowl of bear stew."


So Canadian Tourist Board? Please, give it a little effort and not like this, but a real effort.