Stampede Part One - Parade Day

Thanks to Daddy running chairs down to the parade route the night before, AND getting up at 5am to secure the seats, Emmett and Oscar enjoyed front row seats at the Stampede parade with Cousin Heather, who was visiting just for Stampede shenanigans. 

A very serious cowboy checking out the floats.

Gilmore Junio and Denny Morrison as honorary parade marshalls.

Oscar, duly impressed by the event.

Since 2001 the Roads Maintenance Critters have been cleaning up along the Calgary Stampede Parade route. Now, after 13 years of service, Dixie, Samson, Rocky and Alfalfa are hanging up their cowboy hats and heading for greener pastures.

The Critters were created by a local puppeteer back in 2001 and have been placed on a street sweeper every year during the Calgary Stampede Parade to clean up after horses and humans along the parade route. - See more at: http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2014/07/farewell-critters-calgary-stampede.html#sthash.0f5APNvh.dpuf

After 13 years of service, the street sweeping critters known as Dixie, Samson, Rocky and Alfalfa are hanging up their cowboy hats and heading for greener pastures.

Now, after 13 years of service, Dixie, Samson, Rocky and Alfalfa are hanging up their cowboy hats and heading for greener pastures.

The Critters were created by a local puppeteer back in 2001 and have been placed on a street sweeper every year during the Calgary Stampede Parade to clean up after horses and humans along the parade route. - See more at: http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2014/07/farewell-critters-calgary-stampede.html#sthash.0f5APNvh.dpuf

Stampede Fashion Not.

Army vehicle, just before Emmett and Oscar's Dad begged the drivers to do a donut in the middle of the street.