S was off to his morning rodeo meeting after a bowl of cereal after 9. I had H fed and on to laundry, plant watering and other menial household tasks. I got the blog for 2 days ago posted and yesterday caught up ready to publish. The shelf was staged quick.
B and Cooper were out before 11 to remove Roo's blanket, mix food and chill on the couch. I helped her find shampoos etc and prep to bath a couple horses with warm water from garage. S was back from his meeting with a chai tea THANKS, we had some left over lunch and were on our way to town for the rodeo after 12. B will be Harley's sitter for the day, THANKS B.
It was not to hot to start out, I secured seats again at the top rail which give a back rest and ability to stand if needed. The performance was much better today with more fans and participants and entertainment. The day began to heat up and by mid afternoon it was in the low 30's even with the smoke cover.
We hustled the truck to the infield right after the rodeo as there were posts and banners in there then got organized for the first set up. New panels and a year gap since being done had S wanting it together early. Of course we had it all up and ready to go by 5 so time for a cold drink then out to man our stations. The running of the bulls had some eventful hits. You can see a girl in round 2 in my live videos and the fellow who won and was tumbled was behind the man lift so I missed it.
Before the running a local native dancer did 2 dances. He is the father to the young fellow who was killed on our highway in a crazy shooting. Just this week, 3 years later the final shooter was sentenced to manslaughter. It was a nice tribute and Sheldon said talking to him after he was so emotional. So tragic for sure but a lovely way to honor his son.
Part way thru I saw a bit of a kerfuffle and one of the wranglers head out and asked, seems one of the first group of bulls never made the arena, he turned back out of the trailer and leapt the fence into the backfield! Wade Rempel had roped him in short order thankfully or that could have been bed. That is also why you see the bulls be let out right at the infield in rounds 2 and 3 as the fence was not lowered LOL.
Takedown was smooth followed by a cold beverage and watching the chucks. Once it was all over after 9 we needed to get the truck out of the infield. The fellow whose horse got the horn at the start of round 3 was parked beside us. He loaded the stiff horse and I suggested we ask if he knew when the sled was out to cross the track, this of course led to a short visit. Once out of the infield we parked at another friends camper and stopped for a visit.
At 10 we headed out of the grounds diverting to Paetz's who had invited us over for early birthday beverage. Well we were kinda late but we had a fun visit. I finally got the cowboy loaded and taken home at 1:30. Harley said her hellos then back to bed. I closed up the garage putting cats out and into bed then remembered no food for am so went and took out H's food, whew today was a long hot and dusty day.
video of the chucks coming in
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