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NRS Day 2







70 degrees in Decatur, TX.





Day 2 of the NRS clinic. We started the morning with a big egg bacon, pancake, french toast, fresh fruits breakfast. The mornings are pretty chilly. The arena is covered but not enclosed. We started out watching our videos on foot roping the dummy with Krece pointing out what we need to change or improve. After some warming up on the ground, we got on horses and started out roping steers. Lara Lee and I, the two girls in the clinic roped our first steer out. Wow it was a cool feeling! I caught over and over many times. Some steers were fast and some were really super fast! The fast ones are a rush, but you don't have time to think. The only trouble I didn’t quite know what to do once I caught a steer. I tended to veer off to the left away from the steer. As the day went on I learned little steps and things to work on. Roping is all about your horse. My left hand is holding the reins, holding my coils, and steering my horse. It’s a lot to think about while your right hand is swinging a rope. I caught most of the time and in doing so it was almost always a right head, just like at home when I practice on the dummy. It is a legal catch so it is ok.
They feed us so well at these clinics! We had chicken friend steak, salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, artichokes, cheesecake and chocolate cake.
At the end of the day, we all met at the western store for the behind the scenes tour of David’s store. We got to see the supply warehouse and got coupons to use in the store. Of course everyone buys a few things. After dinner we came back to watch the local team roping jackpot held in the arena. I think if we would have had our own horse, Mark would have entered. he wanted to so bad.

We stayed two nights in the bunkhouse, then upgraded to the new cabins. Wow! Talk about luxury. They are so nice! The decor is all western, high ceiling, king size bed, kitchen, Jacuzzi bath, washer dryer, flat screen TV, the works. We enjoyed our stay.

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