We have had a busy week. KayCee spent another day at PBR Kennels. We attended the Northwest Montana Fair and PRCA Rodeo here at the Kalispell Fairgrounds.
We wandered around the Barns and Displays. 
Discovered that their are goats with no ears! I have never seen this breed before. Looked at lots of the 4H Exhibits, and then Thursday night we attended the Championship PRCA Rodeo, which was lots of fun. There were quite a few World Class Cowboys in attendance, and the show kept our attention. During the half intermission, they had an Indian Relay Race on horseback. we had never seen that, but the young men ride bareback and complete a relay riding completely around the track on the outside of the rodeo arena. In the process, one rider jumped off and missed his remount and that horse took off around the track riderless....for two laps. that horse actually won!
They had Clydesdales and other Belgians and other work class horses pulling sleds. it was a great rodeo, for a small venue.
We spent another afternoon browsing in some shops and drove to Bigfork and down by Swan Lake and looked at the wheat fields being harvested. Our weather has been chilly in the mornings, but warming in the afternoons. This is a magnificent valley and the views are wonderful. I was glad to get the call from the two girls that were hiking in Glacier for the week, they called us and we picked them up on Saturday evening and went out for a bite to eat. They had a great hiking experience, and although made a slight navigation error and ended the hike a day early, they really had a good time.
No bear sightings and no problems. Since they couldn't fly with the bear spray that they took for protection, they left that with us. Leaving their big packs in the car, we sat around and visited and convinced them it would be easier and quicker if they camped out on our floor!
I got up and drove them to the airport at 5:00 this morning so they could catch seperate flights, one bound for Atlanta and one bound for Austin! It's the meeting of all these interesting people that makes this life of ours extra special. I'm sure it has been a trip made of memories that they'll never forget and they can return to work and school with smiles and refreshed minds. I was very glad to help them out a little bit, and they had some interesting stories. A good time was had by all and I did get back to sleep when I got home! We are bound for Libby Montana in the morning, a direction that we haven't been either time up here. Still trying to get everything in before we have to leave at the end of the month. I'm looking forward to our trek East, but hoping that the weather in the middle of the country decides to calm down and get mild.
We wandered around the Barns and Displays. 
Discovered that their are goats with no ears! I have never seen this breed before. Looked at lots of the 4H Exhibits, and then Thursday night we attended the Championship PRCA Rodeo, which was lots of fun. There were quite a few World Class Cowboys in attendance, and the show kept our attention. During the half intermission, they had an Indian Relay Race on horseback. we had never seen that, but the young men ride bareback and complete a relay riding completely around the track on the outside of the rodeo arena. In the process, one rider jumped off and missed his remount and that horse took off around the track riderless....for two laps. that horse actually won!
They had Clydesdales and other Belgians and other work class horses pulling sleds. it was a great rodeo, for a small venue.
We spent another afternoon browsing in some shops and drove to Bigfork and down by Swan Lake and looked at the wheat fields being harvested. Our weather has been chilly in the mornings, but warming in the afternoons. This is a magnificent valley and the views are wonderful. I was glad to get the call from the two girls that were hiking in Glacier for the week, they called us and we picked them up on Saturday evening and went out for a bite to eat. They had a great hiking experience, and although made a slight navigation error and ended the hike a day early, they really had a good time.
No bear sightings and no problems. Since they couldn't fly with the bear spray that they took for protection, they left that with us. Leaving their big packs in the car, we sat around and visited and convinced them it would be easier and quicker if they camped out on our floor!
I got up and drove them to the airport at 5:00 this morning so they could catch seperate flights, one bound for Atlanta and one bound for Austin! It's the meeting of all these interesting people that makes this life of ours extra special. I'm sure it has been a trip made of memories that they'll never forget and they can return to work and school with smiles and refreshed minds. I was very glad to help them out a little bit, and they had some interesting stories. A good time was had by all and I did get back to sleep when I got home! We are bound for Libby Montana in the morning, a direction that we haven't been either time up here. Still trying to get everything in before we have to leave at the end of the month. I'm looking forward to our trek East, but hoping that the weather in the middle of the country decides to calm down and get mild. 
Your girls?
ReplyDeleteWe are done in 2 weeks and then we will be doing the rodeo/fair in Salmon Arm.
No...just really nice girls we met in Glacier Park on a weeks adventure really far from home. I volunteered to give them a ride to the airport or help if they needed us. I would hope someone would volunteer that to my boys if they needed it!!! :} Was really fun with them.
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