Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Calgary Stampede and Breakfast...

Howdy Partners... it's Stampede week here in Calgary and people that are perfectly normal all year suddenly turn into cowboys!! 

 Chris thought that with a cowboy hat people might mistake him for Wills... (completely ignoring the fact that he didn't have a Kate on his arm which might give the game away)!!
We took ourselves off to Chinook and enjoyed a free stampede breakfast of pancakes and sausages...
yes... that is a cement mixer filled with pancake mix... that's a lot of pancakes!! 
 Then in the afternoon we went to the Stampede and wandered about the grounds and finally in the evening enjoyed the chuckwagon races.
Here is a pic of the Fluor chuckwagon... which came in 4th.... which doesn't sound bad until you know there were only 4 wagons per race.... LOL
Had a wonderful day and the weather stayed lovely... we didn't get home until 1 a.m.
Tonight we are off to have a meal to celebrate our 12th wedding Anniversary (which is next week but Chris won't be here so we are doing it early) and see Wicked at the theatre and tomorrow morning is Fluor's stampede breakfast...
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10 comments:

  1. Helen12 July 2011 at 21:10

    You didn't get to meet with the Royals then! Looks like a lot of fun. Happy Anniversary for next week!

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  2. Angie12 July 2011 at 21:12

    Howdy ....what a day you had ...Happy Aniversary ...hope you have loads more fun to come.

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  3. misteejay12 July 2011 at 21:15

    What a fabulous event and gosh, a whole cement mixer full of pancake mix...Wow!

    Toni xx

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  4. Julia Dunnit12 July 2011 at 21:33

    Oh great pics - I've heard about the CAlgary Stampede, now I can see it's fun! YOu seem extremely busy having fun. I approve. Happy anniversary!

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  5. Bubbles13 July 2011 at 03:44

    Happy Anniversary!
    I am sooooooooooo lovin' those hats ;)

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  6. Bleubeard and Elizabeth13 July 2011 at 06:40

    Not sure how I missed this post, because I've been looking for one from you for a WEEK! Happy anniversary. I can tell you two are having a good time. It's always fun to see your adventures because I can tell how happy both you and Chris are. Of course, I'll skip the anniversary shots. They might be a bit too risque for me (grin).

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  7. Nancy13 July 2011 at 18:44

    How fun is that :) hope you had a lovely anniversary dinner!
    Awesome pancake mixer too :)

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  8. fatmonica14 July 2011 at 00:03

    What fun!Looks like a great day out.

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  9. Winnie16 July 2011 at 01:31

    This looked like so much fun! Love your pink cowboy hat and the cement mixer full of pancake mix is hilarious! Hope you enjoyed Wicked - the best musical ever!!!! Oh, and huge congrats on your 12th anniversary!

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  10. Unknown16 July 2011 at 19:18

    Maybe i *have* been reading your mind.
    wouldn't That be creepy now?

    It's particularly weird that you commented that yesterday because i was thinking of you when i was sewing stuff.

    which is a weird comment for me to leave... but i'm going with it.

    xx,
    amy

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