Originally Posted by
SuperG1955
Well 2014 is out for Fur Rondy. The dates conflict with Mardi Gras and I ride in one of the big Mardi Gras Krewes. My wife would kill me if I suggested missing it.
Kill, schmill. How can you compare tossing beads to drunk people with playing in a snowshoe softball game, or trying for the beard contest at the Miners' and Trappers' Ball? Where are your priorities, man?
Or, if you
really like northern places in the winter where people wear horny hats and set things on fire, why not head off to Shetland at the end of January for
Up-Helly-Aa? I bet they'd be thrilled to get a NOLA Mardi Gras Krewe member to join one of the Jarl squads. Talk about a culture visit.