Calgary Stampede

The last two days at the Calgary Stampede have been amazing! There is so much to see and do. The only thing that didn't live up to my expectations was that the country music was a little sparse. I did track down the Calgary Fiddlers. I think I was the youngest in the crowd by at least 30 years. Hmmm....
On Monday we started off the day watching the herding dogs. Wow, are they intense! Some of them just lost it under the pressure though. It was pretty funny *grin*. We briefly thought that one dog was named "Listen" because his owner kept screaming it at him. Sound familiar Dad?
We followed that up with the rodeo. Did I mention that it had been raining for the last week? Just wait until you see all the muddy pictures I post. Other highlights included the cutting horses, the artists at work, and the evening show last night. Watching the fireworks at eye level was incredible. I've only seen better once... the Canada Day fireworks off the banks of the fleuve St-Laurent. A wind spring up and blew them right overhead.
Anyway, it's breakfast time, so I'm off. When I get to Kelowna I'll see about getting some of my pictures uploaded :)

Calgary Stampede Photos