Edgewood Rodeo Days

On Thursday, June 24 Jordanne and I headed up to the Edgewood Rodeo Days. We started our adventure off with getting our horses settled in at John and Sue Roming's house. Then we went up town to the kids festival. We signed autographs and almost got wet by some waterguns. At the rodeo that night we did an interview with KMCH Radio and then carried military flags during the opening. Before every event we carried the Three Hills Rodeo Company flag and also got to chase out during the roping events. It was Tough Enough to Wear Pink night and 99% of the crowd participated.

On Friday we took a tour of Edgewood with Julie Miller. We went to an assisted living home, a day care, and we went around to all the sponsors and got tours of their facility. My favorite was the Edgewood Locker. I find things like that very interesting and Jordanne and I both loved our hair nets ;) Before the rodeo we did a TV interview and then after the opening Jordanne had to take off to get back to her hometown rodeo. The rain did hold off until I was completely unsaddled and back at our host home, Jim and Kathy Funke's.

On Saturday I went uptown and had lunch at the park. I also watched the kids tractor pull. It was a very warm afternoon and Romeo and I were in the parade too. I was supposed to ride behind the parade marshal but their car wouldn't go so they had to switch vehicles and fly to the front of the parade. So I got stuck between two firetrucks that were spaying the crowd with water, thankfully though, I somehow remained dry. At the rodeo that night I got to work with Three Hills again and for the second night in a row the rain held off. After the rodeo they did an event called Money the Hard Way. They tape a token worth $100 to a Mexican fighting bulls forehead and the person to grab it gets the money. Thankfully no one was seriously injured and the crowd loved it.

On Sunday morning I loaded up and headed to the Lake City IRCA rodeo. Once there I met up with Jordanne and we put on the very first Lake City Exceptional Rodeo. The contestants took a swing at roping at got to ride wild bronc hay bale. They also got to take really horse rides and run barrels on stick ponies. They all had a blast and got ribbons and autographs from Jordanne and I. At the rodeo we carried flags in the grand entry and did our queens runs too. Then we went to sell raffle tickets for a horse that Jordanne had had donated to her.Romeo and I had a super long weekend but loved every minute of it.
Until we ride again...