Thursday, July 13, 2006
I promised photos and here they are!
First the parade. And I have to tell you that I'm not going to be publishing them all because, as I said before, I have like 2000 pictures of horses alone. Big horses, small horses, fat horses, thin horses, clown horses, recovering alcoholic horses, executive horses and even some horses with odd accents that I just couldn't place. Even the Calgary Flames were riding horses...the three that decided to grace us with their presence did, anyway.
So, the parade. As you can see on the faces of my pretty offspring, they were extatic to the point of hysterics to be sitting on the pavement an hour and a half before the parade started:
But it wasn't long before some pre-parade entertainment showed up:
See those pictures of the Snowbirds? That's right! I took them! Yes, I am awesome!
And then the parade started, and as spectacular as it was, I couldn't get past the fact that I was risking hemorrhoids for its sake. Here are some random pics with a special request from Kristen to post the mini ponies. They are a sight to see, but it almost seems cruel to harness them up. They should, mmph, be running, *snicker*, wild and free in some largely erected hamster cage somewhere...BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! Yup! Kristen's going to give me crap for that.
The following day, Saturday to be exact, we went to Spruce Meadows for the National horse jumping competition. This was my family's second C-train ride in two days. It was a nice change for me because, as I said in previous entries, it gets so crowded that most people become more than friends, if you know what I mean. A Saturday morning ride, however, is kind of pleasant:
Here are another four pics from that event:
They didn't allow a rider on the Jack Russell for some reason. Actually, that one is part of the Prairie Dog show.
Finally, here's a couple from the stupid Stampede where my stupid batteries died stupidly. A bit of that was my fault seeing as they don't charge without some sort of plug in apparatus, which we have. I was just supposed to use it, that's all. Bitter? Nah! Like I said: 2000 horse pictures. There's only so much horse meat a guy can eat:
Yup! That's all I got of the Stampede that's worth showing. The one of the dud flying in the air was part of the Bell RodeoX which was just about as super cool as you can expect to be where guys put their bodies at risk for our entertainment. Reminds me of WWE wrestling in that respect but without the cheesy feuding.
So there you go! Just click on the pics to make 'em grow; kind of like those foam doohickeys you put in water or the reverse of Shrink-A-Dinks (teh heh). Now I gotta go to bed. I'm sleepy! Night night...
So, the parade. As you can see on the faces of my pretty offspring, they were extatic to the point of hysterics to be sitting on the pavement an hour and a half before the parade started:
But it wasn't long before some pre-parade entertainment showed up:
See those pictures of the Snowbirds? That's right! I took them! Yes, I am awesome!
And then the parade started, and as spectacular as it was, I couldn't get past the fact that I was risking hemorrhoids for its sake. Here are some random pics with a special request from Kristen to post the mini ponies. They are a sight to see, but it almost seems cruel to harness them up. They should, mmph, be running, *snicker*, wild and free in some largely erected hamster cage somewhere...BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! Yup! Kristen's going to give me crap for that.
The following day, Saturday to be exact, we went to Spruce Meadows for the National horse jumping competition. This was my family's second C-train ride in two days. It was a nice change for me because, as I said in previous entries, it gets so crowded that most people become more than friends, if you know what I mean. A Saturday morning ride, however, is kind of pleasant:
Here are another four pics from that event:
They didn't allow a rider on the Jack Russell for some reason. Actually, that one is part of the Prairie Dog show.
Finally, here's a couple from the stupid Stampede where my stupid batteries died stupidly. A bit of that was my fault seeing as they don't charge without some sort of plug in apparatus, which we have. I was just supposed to use it, that's all. Bitter? Nah! Like I said: 2000 horse pictures. There's only so much horse meat a guy can eat:
Yup! That's all I got of the Stampede that's worth showing. The one of the dud flying in the air was part of the Bell RodeoX which was just about as super cool as you can expect to be where guys put their bodies at risk for our entertainment. Reminds me of WWE wrestling in that respect but without the cheesy feuding.
So there you go! Just click on the pics to make 'em grow; kind of like those foam doohickeys you put in water or the reverse of Shrink-A-Dinks (teh heh). Now I gotta go to bed. I'm sleepy! Night night...
