Young Cow Girl
Mounties, always a crowd favorite
Street Cleaner, horsing around
Hockey Float (Calgary Flames)Calgary Stampede
We met up with other members of the Good Sam (RV) Club in Cochrane, AB and spent three days enjoying the Calgary Stampede. First we had reserved seats for the 2.5 hr Stampede Parade with lots of horses, bands and floats. Of course with so many horses, you need street sweepers to clean up their mess and even these machines were decorated. At the fairgrounds we watched the various rodeo events. The following day we visited Heritage Park, where a pre-1945 Western Canadian village was recreated. There was also a fully stocked Hudson’s Bay Co. trading post, similar to what existed at Rocky Mountain House in the 1800’s. You would need more than a day to see most of the 150 exhibits. We left early to catch the Chuck Wagon races and the evening show and fireworks at the Stampede Park. The next day we returned to see sheep dogs compete against the clock in trying to herd sheep into a pen. Next we saw the World Championship of the six horse hitch competition. Each of the 15 wagons in the completion was pulled by 6 beautifully decorated draft horses (Clydesdales were one of the 4 types of draft horses represented). The output of one draft house is equivalent to 3.5 Horsepower!
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