August 29, 30 and 31
As the fair was approaching I was looking forward to showing my 4-H steer just as I had for the past 3 years, unfortunately he died just one week before we were to leave for the fair. Can you believe my luck? We picked him this time last year and spent hundreds if not thousands of hours halter breaking, bathing and clipping him. My brothers steer weighed in at a whopping 1543 lbs. He was a monster!
After the show each evening I took off my muck boots and got all dolled up for the rodeo. This year my entire family stuck around to watch me do run-in's and wow, was that cool? There were so many of them and they made some serious noise when I rode into the arena. I was also asked by the clown (Val Byrom) to help out with his clown act both nights. His act was a hat cleaning scam where he threw dirt on my hat, poured a bottle of baby powder on top of that and then....blew it up. Yes, he BLEW it up! Relax it wasn't my good hat it was one he had given me just after my run-in. I sported it around the grandstands for a while with my crown so people would think he had blown up my good one. It was a real kick as the crowd was still asking the next day about it. He signed one of the blown up hats and gave it to me as a momento.
I had a chance to spend some time with my Grandpa Rackham's wife Marilyn and her best friend Bonnie. They drove down from Driggs Idaho to spend the weekend with us. It was wonderful and I know my Grandpa was there in spirit. I feel very blessed as I already have two of the most fantastic grandmothers on the planet and I now have two more!
See you in Sisters for the NPRA Finals, until then...
Happy Trails and Sweet Dreams!
Staheli Jo Wilkinson
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