Date: April 28th at 8pm

Place: Billy Bob’s in Red Deer, Alberta

Come and meet all the trainees from both provinces and all three programs! Get a Free T-Shirt and the first round is on us. Check out FreeBird Facebook for more details.

See you there!

So, here’s the deal. Stampede is awesome and everyone should go. But if you are only coming to Calgary once, then it is important you book one of our trips where you can do both the Stampede and the FreeBird Trip at the same time. This means there are 2 options for you…

If you book the June 29 Trip, you get back on July 8th and then will be able to check out the Stampede after and stay as long as you’d like including going to the finals rodeo if that is of interest to you. If you book the July 13th Trip, you can come early as early as you like and go to the Stampede before the trip. And, we will be sure to send you all the details about Stampede so you know where to go when, local insider info of cool partyies and events, free entertainment, and of course how to buy tickets and all that important stuff!! Makes life easy, but also makes it so those trips fill up very fast. So, book now and save your spot – Stampede and FreeBird – it does not get any better!!

The Finns taught us about their vodka…and we taught them about FreeBirds.

There was Onesies – for almost everyone – which kinda shocked the crap outta the FreeBird team as it was a surprise for us in Kelowna – but more surprising to them was we insisted they wear them out and about for a goat cheese tour and some even made it as far as the Summerland Sweets tour. So much fun.

And this group could play games. By far the best group at Back Country we have ever seen – they easily got to 2 signs and a sound, and I am pretty sure they were also the best at “F#$k”. I know I drank more than them for screwing up! All in all, a great trip with a great group. It was a great way to end our season.

We ended our night there at the strippers – always a great experience, especially for those first timers – and of course one more thing to chalk up to the fact that Justin and I hang out waaaay too much in all the wrong places together. Casper still has not wiped the grin off his face – so it was a good first experience I am guessing. Nelson brought a hot dinner date, yoga classes and some incredible weather – we got sunshine and then a rain storm – all which made for a great “day of rest”. Then Back Country brought on the final party – where this group really let loose – best back country party so far – thanks to Kia

for the entertainment, and for the guys who decided that fully dressed – like shoes and all – was the best way to go into the lake. We showed them the correct way to skinny dip later – the way it was meant to be! And although there was an ankle injury due to first time drunkenness – no deaths, which in Yanniks case – a good thing! Then on the way home we got to save some baby bear cubs from their untimely death on the highway – caused a crazy traffic hazard, but once the authorities got there – all was well in the bear world once again.

All in all – a good time had. Some great memories and some friendships to last a lifetime. Thanks for making our job so much fun!

Bear Sightings – 14 (and most importantly a phenomenal Grizz viewing)

Moose - 1 and a half (mom and baby)

Mountain Goats – 11 (awesome winter coats on them)

Extreme Activities Record – 10 (Buster)

And a First Ever – all 12 clients went paragliding

It was a terrific start to the season with a great group – tons of laughs, terrific animal sightings (did we mention we saw  / chased down a Grizz), some good parties, great bets, late nights (as in no sleep for some), super firework show, and some pretty incredible dancing – both on the bus and on the dance floor (go spaghetti man!!). 80′s costumes were awesome – setting the bar high for the next groups, and even though the Canucks lost – still had some fun watching the crowd and seeing the aftermath of the rioting in Vancouver. The weather held pretty good considering the terrible spring we have had (and lack of summer so far), there were even a few sunburns from the river float. Lakes were a little chilly, but that did not stop us from jumping in and enjoying the “refreshing” glacier fed lakes! Destiny made it through – a little worse for wear after a low bridge (or a high emergency exit – whichever way you look at it) and a reallly rough snow edged, stream filled road up to the Glacier, but her and the and the new FreeBird rig are set and ready for the next trip.  Thanks to everyone who joined us – you really made our first trip out a good one. Hope you had a good time and made lots of memories!