Friday, July 5, 2013
Another early day, met the
bus at 8:00am to go downtown for the Stampede Parade. Fantasy provided donuts
and coffee, which was great because it was cold this morning and there was a
cold breeze blowing right up the street.
We had great seats, our
own bleachers set up mid parade route, bathrooms in the building right behind
us. After all the coffee, the bathrooms became very important. We had
pre-parade entertainment, which was nice because the parade didn’t actually
start until 10:00am. We had to get the early because of traffic and road
closures. But after it finally started it was really nice. Lots and lots of
different breeds of horses, from Arabian to Draft to Clydesdales. Even some
donkeys and miniature horses, pulling miniature wagons, really cute. Several drum and bagpipe corps, which I love
to hear!! Also had several marching bands, various Canadian marching troops,
complete with a huge tank! This parade lasted a little over 2 hours, longest
parade I have ever seen!
After the parade, we rode
the train back to the camp, ate lunch and had a little rest, then rode the
train back down to the Stampede. The grounds are absolutely huge! More rides,
more games than I have ever seen at a fair. Although admittedly, it’s been
years since I have been to a large fair! Anyway, the four of us walked most of
the midway and most of the vendor area and by the end of that, I was about to
die! My legs were cramping and my feet were burning. John and Fran weren’t
quite ready to come back, so we left them and headed back on our own. By the
time we got to the train, it was 5:00pm; rush hour!! The train arrived packed,
our lot added to that, but we did manage to get a seat at the next stop. By the
time we arrived at our stop, we had to push our way off of the train! But I like
this type of mass transit; I wish it was more available in the states!
We made it home just as it
started raining and it wasn’t long before we were having another heavy
thunderstorm! Lightening flashing and thunder booming, John and Fran arrived in
the middle of it, wet, but safe and sound.
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