When I went to check the overall attendance for this years Stampede this am I was kinda surpised to find out that even tho Sundays numbers weren't in the mix yet the head count had already passed the "Magic Million" mark!

1,139,807 to be exact!

I guess the only question left is will Sundays total push us past the overall attendance record of 1,242,928 set just last year? Well considering yesterdays FANTASTIC weather I'd say the remaining 103,122 needed are in the bag!

Now youre probably wondering why I titled this entry "They made it". Well as mentioned last week I rarely talk in the festivities anymore. In fact the closest I got to participating this year was when I stood in a wrong line at a local mall. When I got to what i thought was the Information Booth I asked...

"Scuse me which way to the washrooms"

and was told....

"Sorry we're all out of sausage"



But its all over now..... the tourists have left with their kewpie dolls and gas guzzlin motorhomes, the drugstore cowboys have put the Levis away and returned to their high-rises and I've heard the last person greet me with "Howdy Pardner!"

Mike...... you work for Shell Oil..... the last "bronco" you busted was that bar down in Havre Montana when you decided to share with everyone how you made that diving roll out shot to win your match. I hear that place still aint right.... .