We stole the Cockerell's password to report on the Stampede, or "stamped" as Jerry would say.
Pam had the Calgary Stampede on her bucket list. Timing happened to be perfect as we rolled into Calgary 3 days before the end of Stampede. So Friday the 15th, Pam and Lon headed to the Stampede for the 1:30 rodeo.
Calgary is a very cosmopolitan city of glass and steel built on the energy and natural resource industry of Canada. However, they have not forgotten their western roots and have built a very large rodeo exhibition area next to their Saddledome stadium.
 |
| Bronc riding |
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth",[2] attracts over one million visitors per year and features the world's largest rodeo, a parade, midway, stage shows,concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing and First Nations exhibitions.
 |
| Barrel racing |
We got lucky and while standing in line for tickets Pam found a lady who was had two tickets for sale at 60% of face. The tickets were great, 2nd row center, and we had a great time. Pam made the observation that there was much "social networking" going on in the crowd and it was clear that the corporate world was using the event to entertain their clients. Deja Vu all over again.
Looking forward to having a cold Molson or Labatt was disappointed that Budwiser was the sponsor but we put our disappointment aside and imbibed.
One thing we noticed here in Alberta, GMC rules as far as cars/trucks we see on the road, Chrysler 2nd, Ford 3rd, then imports ( I know technically they're imports also). They put Michigan to shame. Well maybe not this lady:
"OH CANADA...."
No comments:
Post a Comment