More Stampede

These were taken at the Indian village where a PowWow was in progress. The costumes were impressive!

Yeee-Ha!

Here's some pics from the rodeo.

Calgary Stampede

First Stampede for me in about 30 years. Some things have changed & some things haven't. The rides are higher, faster, and definitely more stomach churning. The midway snacks are even more calorie laden (deep-fried oreos?!) The rodeo events are much the same. The only difference I noticed are that some of the bull-riders wear helmets and flashy metallic chaps. We had a great day, got rained on a couple of times, but it didn't damper our enthusiasm. Here's a few of the several hundred shots I took. More to come.