ARRIVED HOME SAFELY

DEPARTED  FRIDAY  FROM  KELOWNA  -  SUNNY  AND  ABOUT 75 F.  IT WAS  SMOOTH  DRIVING  ALL  THE  WAY;  ARRIVED  BACK  SAFELY  AND  IN  GOOD  TIME.

THE  TRAFFIC  WAS  ALL  GOING  WEST  FOR  THE  LONG  WEEK-END  WE  HAVE  IN  CANADA;  MONDAY  BEING  LABOR  DAY.

IT  IS  THE  GREAT  COCHRANE   PARADE  THAT  GETS  BETTER  EACH  YEAR.  TEMPERATURE  TO  BE  IN  THE  LOW  80  F.  AND  SUNNY.

SHOULD  BE  THOUSANDS  TURNING  OUT  TO  WATCH.

ALL  BEING  WELL  GOLDIE  AND  I  WILL  BE  ROY  ROGERS  AND  TRIGGER  ONCE  MORE.....ALL  DECKED  OUT  IN  OUR  VERY  BEST.

WILL  GO  TO  THE  MOOSE  HILL  RANCH  SUNDAY  AND  GET  GODLIE  LOOKING  SUPER  GOOD, PROBABLY BUNK  DOWN  THERE  FOR  THE  NIGHT  FOR  A  6  AM  WAKE  UP  CALL,  TO  GET  TO  THE  GROUNDS  EARLY,  OR  YOUR  IN  A  LONG  LINE  UP.

WILL HAVE  SOME  FROM  DIANE'S  STAFF  AND  OF  COURSE  DIANE.

IT'S  A  GREAT  PARADE  WITH  DIFFERENT  BANDS,  FLOATS,  PRINCES,  CLOWNS,  AND  MANY  GROUPS  OF  VARIOUS  HORSE  PEOPLE  SCATTERED  THROUGH  THE  PARADE,  IN  DIFFERENT  DRESS  FOR  THE  PEOPLE  AND  HORSES.

NEXT  TO  THE  CALGARY  STAMPELE  PARADE  IT'S  NOW  BECOME  ONE  OF  THE  BEST  PARADES  IN  ALBERTA.
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