Jerry Winchester
07-14-2006, 06:40 PM
Made my first trip to the Calgary Stampede Chuckwagon Races last night. What a wreck. We had a great time and the temperature here is about 70, so even Lew won't sweat.
The rodeo and race is something to see. These folks do it right. Up until I thought my room AC was pulling a Ray Davis at almost midnight. I got up and pounded it with my fist (a trick I learned from Jon) and that didn't help. It was making some awful racket.
Then I pulled a Lew. Turns out it was the fireworks display from the Stampede and it quit pretty soon. Guess I didn't think they would shoot fireworks off at midnight on a Thursday. My bad.
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/stampede/chuckwagon/images/DSC_4475.jpg
Lots of RV's up here as well. With this kind of weather, Alberta has to be a great place to visit in the summer. Lots of Prevosts as well. Most are seated coaches.
The rodeo and race is something to see. These folks do it right. Up until I thought my room AC was pulling a Ray Davis at almost midnight. I got up and pounded it with my fist (a trick I learned from Jon) and that didn't help. It was making some awful racket.
Then I pulled a Lew. Turns out it was the fireworks display from the Stampede and it quit pretty soon. Guess I didn't think they would shoot fireworks off at midnight on a Thursday. My bad.
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/stampede/chuckwagon/images/DSC_4475.jpg
Lots of RV's up here as well. With this kind of weather, Alberta has to be a great place to visit in the summer. Lots of Prevosts as well. Most are seated coaches.