This is what the Stampede grounds looked like when my b/f and I went to them a few days ago. You could throw a stick and not hit anyone. Usually it's so packed with people (teens, mostly) that you have to shoulder butt your way through the crowd. This was a Stampede I haven't seen for many years. We were going to go to the chuckwagon races, as my b/f's company had a wagon in it, but they got cancelled. We debated all day whether or not to go, then decided not to wimp out, and went. And were told at the gate that the chucks were cancelled. Bummer!!!! So we wandered the grounds for 3 hours. It was Dead City. It's been a very strange Stampede this year, with tons of rain, and the deaths of six horses, and a ride gone bad, falling apart and injuring 10 people. Hopefully that's the last of the bad luck.
The ride that fell apart was the one that I didn't want to go on because Calaway park has etty much the same one, and it fell apart not 45 minutes (yes, MINUTES) after we left. If we had waited in one more line, we might have been seriously hurt... It's a scary thought that we were that close.
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