The stampede is in the homestretch now and all in all it has been a good week. Its tough to complain when you are at the Calgary Stampede, we get treated great. My drivers have had some tough luck this week, and right now it is going to be tough to get any of them in the top four for a chance at the title. This sport will humble you, when things are going right, you think its easy. Last year we had a dream Stampede with Luke Tournier and I remember telling myself to enjoy the moment because it may not happen again this year. So far it hasn’t. We haven’t given up and you never know what might happen so we will just buckle down and hope for the best. I have enjoyed some of the functions that the Stampede has us attend, sign a few autographs and meet some new friends. The kids that come up, to me, that is what it is all about. Who knows, maybe in a few years we will have some new recruits as outirders. Also I went to the Tom Baker Cancer Clinic yesterday to see my good friend Dallas Dorchester. I thought I knew what tough is, but they should stick his picture next to the word tough because he sure hasn’t lost his sense of humor after all he has been through. He even told me that I never paid my golf debt when we played in Grand Prarie last summer, but I think he never paid me. I told him we will have a re-match when he gets healed up. I used to outride quite a bit for Dallas, and his son Quinn and me both started outriding the same year in 1991. My heart is with Shirley and Dallas, Quinn, and Tyler right now and I would ask that we all say a prayer for everybody in there that is sick. Reality sure hits home and our blessings sometimes need to be counted. God Bless.
