Of course, if you are in... by glicko
Of course, if you are in Calgary during the first week of July, you will be dragged to the Stampede. The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede is the the city's BIG event. The city goes nuts. Shopping mall parking lots vye for the coveted title of largest pancake breakfast ever served (BTW, these breakfasts are free for all comers). There's a midway, concerts, and all the usual fair trappings, plus the largest rodeo in North America. Prepare to drink beer, eat beef, watch epic man and beast stuggles, and fatten yourself with (everyone's favourite) 'Those L'il Donoughts.'The chinook. Means 'snow-eater' in, I believe, Blackfoot. Mid-winter, the temperature is hovering around -10°C. Then one day the wind starts blowing from the west. The air dries out. The temperature rises. The snow disapears. And a spectacular arc of clouds forms over the Rockies.
