things that only make sense to Calgarians...

last Friday, someone donated some free tickets to a concert at the Saddledome (equivalent of GM Place). when asked "Hey Debbie, do you want to go to a free concert?" i exclaimed, "of course!" little did i know that it was some good ol' country music! for about four hours, i saw entertaining performances by Gretchen Wilson and Big&Rich. i enjoyed the Big&Rich show more than Gretchen Wilson, as i found many of her songs were sappy, PMSy, or boring. she does, however, have a beautiful voice. Big&Rich, on the other hand, actually put forth a show...so it was good. photos are kinda blur, but you can use your imagination as to what the concert would have looked like.

my ticket gave me free admission on to the Stampede Grounds. with that, i wandered thru a flurry of bright lights, hot air, lemonade stands and one too many people to realize that i didn't actually want to come back and officially go to "The Stampede". with no intention of watching the rodeo, chuck wagon races, or calf roping, the Stampede Grounds just looked like a ginormous version of the PNE with carnival games, mini donuts, candy apples, and over-sized stuffed animals. so...my visit to The Calgary Stampede was as involved as my running across a border and back, and being able to say "i've been there!"


this is a picture of what Calgarians call the "plus 15 walk ways". apparently, these walkways connect all over downtown for several blocks. this is handy most especially during winter time when people can walk from one end of downtown to the other undercover! what strikes me is the COWBOY hat that this little man is wearing while walking up to the plus 15....

next... 'nuff said.

yet again with the cowboy hat.

sidenote: Angie, Corrie and Krista visited this past weekend from Vancouver...and Angie got majorly burnt at the Stampede...check it out...her legs match her shirt!

later,

dL