Jake got sick in the night and we spent the last two days indoor helping him re- cooperate. It was a good thing as it has been heat index over 100 the last couple days.
Today was a Ranch Rodeo in Dayton. The Wrangler's host a Tough Man 3 day competition. Mark was competing for the weekend in hopes of a buckle. Today Jayden and I would compete for fun. This was Jayden’s first Ranch Rodeo. The morning started out with a beginner’s clinic that we watched. The rodeo started at 2:00. Mark was on 3 teams, I was on two and Jayden was on a team with us and a youth team. It was enough to keep us busy for 7 hours and on and off a horse all day. It was a very hot day too. The previous 2 days had a heat index in the 100’s, so with today being 85, it didn’t seem so bad, even though it was very hot! The rodeo had 5 events, no roping, all were some type of sorting. Lynn Elm came down and was on our team too. I was very impressed with Jayden especially being her first time. She knew what she needed to do and did an excellent job. She liked going into the herd and sorting out the steers and she did a good job of it. She was much better than some that were on my second team. I rode Tex all day and got along well with him. Things were very western. At one point I had to jump off my horse to block a hole. A steer was headed straight for me. It came within a foot of me and I let out a big holler and it turned. I knew it was me or the steer and I can't believe I won. Afterwards i thought I was crazy. It was a hot day and we were exhausted by the end, but glad to have done it. Mark had his tough man teams and was so competitive. His team did really well and a few times were disqualified for some little detail in the rules. That made them so mad. All in all it was a good time.
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