Hometown Rodeo and Wapello PRCA/FFA Rodeo

On Thurday July 15th was the Madison County Fair's rough stock rodeo. I was asked by Matt Porter to present the American Flag during the National Anthem. Afterwards I walked around visiting local sponsors that had made it out to the rodeo. The Central Iowa Dancing Hooves Equestrian Drill Team performed later in the performance and they asked me to help out with their flags. I used to be apart of this drill team but with my Miss Teen Rodeo Iowa schedule I had to take a break this year. They had a wonderful routine this year and the crowd really enjoyed it.

Friday morning I loaded up Romeo again and took off for the Wapello PRCA/FFA Rodeo put on by Barnes Rodeo Company. Once I arrived I got my trailer plugged in and stall set up I started getting ready. It was very hot outside and I thought that was the reason it was taking my camper so long to cool down...but after getting curlers in my hair and saddling Romeo, I realized it was actually hotter in my trailer than outside. I had no air. Thankfully one of the committee members, Bambi Boysen was camping as well and graciously opened up her camper for me to stay in.
We started off Friday evening with the first annual Miss Rodeo Wapello queen coronation. I got to crown the teen and the queen. Caitlin Kuehn won Miss Teen Rodeo Wapello and Abby Peterson won Miss Rodeo Wapello. Both girls looked fabulous. We all carried flags in the grand entry and got to do our queens shortly after. Miss Rodeo Wapello, Abby, is also a trick rider. She and her sister performed and I carried their sponsor flag. Then later in the performance both Abby and Caitlin carried sponsor flags as well. After both performances they shot off fireworks, which was really cool.
The Wapello rodeo was started by FFA members and they still are the group putting it on. Because there was no showers on the grounds I went to Duane and Jodi Boysen's house to shower. Their son is in FFA and he invited me and one of the bull fighters to shower there. They were so much fun to talk to and just a wonderful family. A huge thank you goes out to them for opening their home to us. It was so nice to have a good shower after the hot day.
Saturday morning there was a parade and Caitlin, Abby and I rode together in it. We were right behind the Priefert Percherons, which was amazing. After the parade, the three of us judged the urban cowboy contest, which was a mechanical bull riding contest. None of us really knew what we were doing but it was fun watching everyone fall off. The performance that night was the same as the night before. I walked around and signed autographs and found out I had a ton of new fans.
Until we ride again...