Concert in the infield

With no H to walk (B dropped her and Coop at the ranch at 7 this am) and no real chores for S we managed to sleep in till after 9. slack started at 8 am which I listened too off an on. I pushed the coffee button and got things brewing. We enjoyed a couple with S having his cereal before we went to peruse the events at the infield. No real action other then barrel racing practice. Back to the trailer to relax and have some lunch.

more running with bulls prep

Ever wonder what rodeo entry fees cost?

The rodeo started at 1 with us finding seats in the only covered area of the infield. we were luck to get seats 1/2 row 5 with shade most of the performance. It did make us move out of the 31 degree heat around 3:30 then we headed around to our usual infield seating area to watch the bulls. 

This is a girl steer "cow" rider

local Tate Macdonald's ride video (he went to school with Kaylin

and this 12 year old trick/liberty rider is amazing

Once over we scooted back to the trailer (so close indeed) grabbed a cold pop and headed to the lab where we thought S had a lab appointment at 4:30 and hoped he could get in half hour early. Be darned if the appointment was not till next Friday at 4:30 with nothing in between. We carried on to the ranch where I did some blog work while s napped in big brown after I let dogs out for a pee and fed them. I then showered and dressed for the concert in shorts. S took he skid steer to the pit for a bit of dirt modification then he jumped in the shower. We loaded H up and some more groceries and headed back to the trailer. we passed B on her way out at 6.

At the trailer S cooked up burgers which I had cheese, spring mix and avocado to add to them, so yummy!! He also BBQ a pepper and followed it up with mugs Ma K had made and dropped off. It was roasts toasty out still but the skies to the west were darkening up and a thunderstorm warning was out. We took H for a long walk even stopping to watch a Chuck again race then the winds picked up s we headed to the trailer and relaxed inside. S had booked us a campsite for next week to celebrate his birthday earlier today so bought a park pass line seeing we have been meaning to do so for the last couple trips. I worked on todays blog.

B and Dave stopped at the trailer then we headed to the grounds to meet the Johnson family from Fernie. Remember the wedding Britt was in? This is the family. The rain started up as they arrived and it fell for only about half an hour thankfully. Dave actually made it home early having half the races cancelled from heavy rains there today. The Gregory Garrett band played well again, we popped back stage to say hi before they were off.

Garrett Gregory band clips and just a snippet of their first original song: Leavin You (official video link)

and below the headliner James Barker Band video clip

The James Barker Band rocked the crowd for the rest of the night. Many of their songs were recognized but never knew who sang them. After the concert we went back to our trailer where S built a fire (which was against the no fire rule) and everyone enjoyed a beverage. The 6 young folks took a cab to the brewery but it panned out to be a blistering (literally) walk home from the south side to Britt's place having not found a cab to take them home. Dale and Cathy walked to Britt's after 2 then we headed to bed too as more rain came down.

around the fire video