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We finished
up a rip-roaring good time at the Calgary
Stampede by going to the wildest event of all, the Chuckwagon
Races. A visit with professional bull rider Phil
Pacaud took us to a rodeo in Three Hills, Alberta, northeast of
Calgary. There we saw Phil compete and also met Dennis
Halstead, a professional rodeo clown and "barrelman."
Highlights
of our week included dinner at the sophisticated Calgary eatery Teatro
and the discovery of a truly unique set of wheels, the one and only "Cowvette."
We also met Stephen, Mandy, Rachel and Joel Hambidge. Stephen is the pastor
of an unusual "church-in-a-box" in Calgary. And yes, we found
an excellent GIZMO!
The Phoenix
started making weird and worrisome sounds while we were at the rodeo in
Three Hills, and we stopped at Westergard Motors in Drumheller to find
out what was wrong. Thanks to the attention of Kevin Burfield, we were
saved from what might have been a nasty situation. The bolt that holds
the alternator in place was missing, and the alternator could have gone
flying around the engine compartment at any moment.
After a new
bolt silenced the Phoenix, we explored Drumheller, a town known far and
wide for its dinosaurs. Tomorrow we'll take you to the Royal Tyrell Museum
of Paleontology, a world-famous Mecca for lovers of large lizards.
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