8 July – Sunday
Calgary – Stampede day! First port of call this morning was to Fort Calgary and a look at the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in this area and the development of Calgary from the original fort. Then it was off to the Stampede and 12 solid hours of entertainment. It was HUGE – the nearest way to describe the grounds would be the Royal Easter Show plus Agfest plus plus plus and then probably 5 times as big! The amount of sideshows was unbelievable, considering they were mostly the same. There was also the worst extreme ride I have ever seen; Les and I both agreed neither of us wanted to go on it! We didn’t watch any rodeo events but spent the afternoon watching the World Championship Six Horse Hitch, which was just fantastic – complete with music supplied by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra for an hour and a half (wonder if Shan has ever considered playing for a horse show???; cattle penning with the most amazing horses and scatty heifers; stock dog (ie sheep dog) trials. The chuck wagon racing was thrilling, once we worked out what was going on but the concert afterwards was a little on the noisy side. A very full-on and enjoyable day.
Calgary – Stampede day! First port of call this morning was to Fort Calgary and a look at the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in this area and the development of Calgary from the original fort. Then it was off to the Stampede and 12 solid hours of entertainment. It was HUGE – the nearest way to describe the grounds would be the Royal Easter Show plus Agfest plus plus plus and then probably 5 times as big! The amount of sideshows was unbelievable, considering they were mostly the same. There was also the worst extreme ride I have ever seen; Les and I both agreed neither of us wanted to go on it! We didn’t watch any rodeo events but spent the afternoon watching the World Championship Six Horse Hitch, which was just fantastic – complete with music supplied by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra for an hour and a half (wonder if Shan has ever considered playing for a horse show???; cattle penning with the most amazing horses and scatty heifers; stock dog (ie sheep dog) trials. The chuck wagon racing was thrilling, once we worked out what was going on but the concert afterwards was a little on the noisy side. A very full-on and enjoyable day.
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