Some of my friends from work were organizing a big night out at one of the temporary Stampede bars in downtown Calgary on the friday night. So Nige and I headed to one of the girls condo's to meet up with everyone then headed down to the bar. It is basically a large white marquee that is set up on a car-park (you can actually see it behind me in one of the Stampede Parade pictures). It is full of bars, a stage, dance floor and BBQ area, with some of the cleanest portaloos I have ever seen in my entire life! Once you get over the initial shock of the 'eu de heave and stale beer' (which doesn't take long!) the atmosphere is amazing. It was so nice seeing some of my work colleagues and catching up on all the gossip and great for Nige to get a chance to meet up with their other-half's. We had a great night and after much, drinking, dancing and merriment we headed to the station to catch the train home (the trains run 24-hours during Stampede. After a 30minute walk from the station home we eventually got into bed at 5:30am, just as the sun was coming up (bringing back happy memories of making the 30 second walk across the road from our neighbours house, as the sun was rising, after an impromptu gathering!)
We were both a little delicate this morning, but both agree that this was an unforgettable Stampede, heres looking to next year!!
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