Wednesday, July 13th

Wednesday, July 13th

Once again up very early to start packing and getting everything ready for my gig at René's business Bjornson Designs on Blackfoot/34th Ave. I loaded up all my band equipment and guitars and made it there for 10 AM. I set everything up and started singing at 10:45. My harmonizer worked exceptionally well and everything went very smoothly except for breakfast being several chocolate haystacks and a draft beer.
Andy Sakundiak joined me with his banjo before noon and we started making some fantastic music. We loaded all the band gear into my truck and then caught a ride down in the shuttle to the stampede grounds where we went to the rodeo for the afternoon. It was pretty exciting getting to watch all the events and visiting with many different people.

When the rodeo ended, we all went to Nashville North and did some dancing for a little while. I met a Manitoba girl who only had one arm and we danced a couple of times. She told me her story of how she had lost it when she was five years old in a terrible farming accident with a grain auger. I was absolutely shocked but boy could that girl ever dance!
I started my shift at 5 PM and worked till 10:30 PM. I walked in the pouring rain for an hour in my cowboy boots up the hill 30 blocks back to my truck and were my feet killing me!
I watched the fireworks from the parking lot and then went down to pick up Nicholas because he had to work until 11:45 PM. By the time we got home it was almost 1 AM. Another busy fun day at stampede 2016.