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| "Tango" and I- I'm wearing Dads chinks :) |
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| Shania, Myself, Randi |
Saturday, September 25th was the Idaho State University's Homecoming Parade. Here we welcomes back the Orange and Black in good ol' Pocatello. :) With this parade, we made sure to decorate the horse trailer accordingly to welcome in the new rodeo to be held in Pocatello, ID:: The Western Frontier Pro Rodeo- Wrangler Million Dollar Tour (by Justin Boots) hosted by the Pocatello Frontier Rodeo Association. I do not reccommend trying to say that 5x fast! My dad even helped in my wardrobe!! Since my black/blue/silver chaps were being fixed, he let me use his "well used" chinks in which, completed my outfit perfectly!~ Thanks Dad!! We had a GREAT turn out for committee participation, parade participants, and parade spectators. It was WILD seeing so many people in Bengal stripes, orange, black, and paint!! Randi, Shania, and I had a GRAND time hooting and hollering with the crowd as we strolled by. Anything to help in the excitement was definately a treat. :) From this experience, I will admit- glitter glue and horses to NOT mix- when you try to brush it off... you can still read the letters you wrote from that morning (OOOOOPPPPS) I will not be putting "Tango" through THAT again!
Rocky Mountain Extreme Race ( Below)
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| A few of the Committee members involved |
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| Carma and I- Best timers EVER! |
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| Judges in Arena- Corey and Jim |
October 1st and 2nd (Friday and Saturday) the PFRA held an event called the Rocky Mountain Cowboy Race (following after the Cowboy Extreme Race). The event was in Pocatello, ID at the Bannock County Fairgrounds. Talk about a WARM 2 days! Friday was considered a practice round, in which I participated in. "Tango" has done most wonderful for me ALL year, I wanted to see how far she would be willing to go in new things. We walked through a tunnel (tarp on both sides and below), jumped trees (barrels lying flat between 2 poles), made our way through the car wash (tarp hanging freely from above), waded our way through a pond (a man made water hole), and even pushed a big green ball around the arena (definitely the BEST time ever!!)!! What a BLAST! We had a great turn out JUST for practice and all the obstacles offered (far too many to name). I was more impressed with my gal after that, and knew I had a GRAND partner in anything I wanted to do. Don Moore was kind enough to show us all how each obstacle worked- not to mention, he puts it on for us each year AND at his home ranch in California - http://reedvalleyranch.com/ . Saturday came with even more excitement! Carma Madsen and I helped in being timers, K.T Anderson was announcer, and we had committee members spread throught the event as judges, and assitance with some of the obstacles. We all watched horsemanship, at its best, compete in different divisions. The catch... all the obstacles were no longer JUST in the arena! Now, they were spread all through the arena, parking lot, AND in the extra field. Who saw that coming? What a HOOT! The bonus about participating in the competition is that, if you won, you received not only bragging rights, but well earned reward money as well. I can't wait for next year to maybe, take it another step and actually compete in the competition. I love being part of this committee! They find any way to help out the rodeo that they care so much for, and would do anything for it to succeed! :) Until next year...
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| K.T- Announcer (horseback) Don Moore- contestant |
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| Robert- Judge on foot |
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| The "Car Wash" |
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| Around the barrel |
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| Careful not to disturb the logs in your 360 turns |
