1st day of stampede

Seems like smoky summers are the new norm, will the 30+ summers be too? H went out at 7; a bit later today. S was up after 8 prepping for his big rodeo w/e. He unhooked the horse trailer, put water on willow and had breakfast with a side of news as I fed H. He was then off to town at 9 to the rodeo grounds. I made an iced coffee and worked on tutorials and marketing; both which are behind. I made and bottled kombucha; fresh strawberry ginger then wrote a tutorial and posted it for the natural stained coffee table.

I let 2 chubbier mares (B told Switch she looks fit now) in with the others at noon as S was just getting back. We ate leftovers with a kombucha. Grady arrived to pick up tickets and had a short visit over a beer. He was off and we followed soon after heading to the rodeo. It was a hot one in the infield seats at 29, good thing I brought a hat and a comforter to sit on along with some spitz and licorice. There was not many rough stock competitors but loads of timed events with them even having slack this am.

This is 11 year old Pyper Yule, a local girl that was also at Calgary stampede

This is Callum Miller who scored highest out of 2 and 2 buck offs.

We headed to the truck after 3 swinging around to grab missing banners on our way home. At the last set of lights we took a right to stop by Stouts for a beer and see the garage progress. It was a great catchup on their deck as usual. We were off and back to the ranch before 6. I fed hungry H who had all kinds of energy and mixed the horse feed to soak. S took her out to throw the ball a couple times while I started to cook the last good food meal; pock chop salad. 

B and Coop arrived just as we were getting ready to eat after 7. She mixed feeds and took to horses. After I finished I went out to visit and help. As we were spraying B found KD had cut her hip again. We hosed her and doctored it, put all horses in north side and shut of south for a bit. S came out and helped us check shelters for any nails but no luck.

Below is KD after she was hosed rolling in dirt lol so time to rehose and add polysporin to her wounds

I watered garden quick as B headed home and S in to get back to Olympics. Harley got a brushing and massage, not sure how to fix this limpy girl. Time for a shower and blog catch up then Netflix for me.