Yieeeeha! Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, Daddy of ‘em
All, was great. We have to reserve
tickets come January 2000 for the Pancake Breakfast. Pancakes are mixed in a cement mixer truck! (One of the local businessmen buys a new cement
mixer every year and its first use is the pancake breakfast for the CFD. That’s good to know otherwise one might have
a digestive problem.
The fellows participating and
competing in this rodeo event are full of testosterone. Riding 3,000 lb bulls is nothing to take
lightly. During this event one rider was
downed by the bull and injured. It
looked as though he was kicked in the head.
The announcer stated that he was lightly stepped on the throat and
jaw. That’s putting it lightly…..he was
carried out of the arena. The young
steers used in the roping and bulldogging contests really gave the men a run
for their money. They just plain
outsmarted them several times. Let’s
hear it for these young steers. Yeaaaa!
Bareback riding must keep the
orthopedic men in business. What an
event! Very entertaining something
happens all the time. They had chuck
wagon races and chariot races and wonderful horses going at full gallop. They are beautiful to watch. The very last event was with young wide horses. There were teams of 3’s. One person would ride and the three of them
would try to saddle the horse. The first
one around the track was the winner.
Some easily bucked off the riders.
Some would not budge and some went the wrong way.
During one of the bull riding
events, one participant was an orthopedic surgeon. He just plain liked to ride bulls so said the
announcer.
So if any of you are planning
to travel west, keep in mind the last week of July because that is when the
Cheyenne Frontier Days takes place. We
are just about 80 miles from
A week ago Sunday we caught a
Shakespeare Play and
Next Sunday we have a Mozart
concert at Chautauqua and plan to have dinner at the Chautauqua Dining Hall, which we have been
told has a wonderful wrap around porch and very good dining to go along with
the spectacular views.
This past week I did a lot of
planting. There is a nursery called
Village Gardener. I went there with the
intent of asking a bunch of questions and checking out the various types of
trees and shrubs, etc. to use in our landscaping next spring. Instead, I found I could plant some shrubs
and did the north side of the house in upright arborvitae and small round globe
shaped arborvitae (a yellow green color).
Nice contract with the dark green uprights. They also had a sale on perennials and I
bought a jeep full. The back is sore,
but they look great in the garden.
This past week we have had
Ken has decided to become a
carpenter and spent most of yesterday building a gate for the back deck. Now that our awning has been installed and we
have picked up some deck furniture, it is wonderful to sit out and enjoy coffee
or a sip of wine. However, the gate is
to keep the dogs from going down the steep steps, especially Samson. He would open up his back paws for sure and
then bleed substantially.
Last Wednesday I met some of
the women from the Newcomer’s Club and we went into
Hope all is well.
Love, Diane and Ken