So where did July go!? We jumped fast and furious into August this last weekend in Great Falls, Montana for the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Round Up. I literally can’t believe it’s month 8!? 2019, you are flying but definitely not disappointing!
RodeoReady in Great Falls, Montana before Performance 2 at the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Round Up.
As you know we enjoyed our 4th of July weekend in BigFork Montana. We wandered around their adorable downtown shops, took in Flat Head lake, a massive rainstorm during perf 2 of the rodeo and great watching at the rodeo! We then headed to Clay’s family’s for the week and took in North American Indian Days 2019, where I finally got to see some relay racing and powwow. Great scenery, amazing people and a million miles later we landed back in South Dakota.
It was too good to pass up a four day rodeo in our hometown, Mitchell SD. So we took in the Corn Palace Stampede (got to sleep in our own bed!), set up our apparel booth at the rodeo grounds where our tent suffered thru some 70 mph winds, joined the fun in our first parade, and sampled some fantastic chili at the annual chili cook off.
We were small fish in a big pond at the Corn Palace Stampede Parade but it was great fun and we enjoyed being a part of it!
We enjoyed the next week at home and a rare weekend off: helped my mom and dad with an auction, caught up with some equally busy friends, repacked and headed to Montana last Tuesday! It was hot, hot, hot in Great Falls and there was 4 full nights of rodeo. We got to spend some more time with Clay’s family being in their neck of the woods. We even relaxed after slack one afternoon and took ourselves to wade in the lazy river at the waterpark (something we don’t do near enough on the road!).
We are home for a few a days before we head out to Onida SD, Aberdeen SD and Baker MT. I’m waiting for laundry to dry and Clay is sorting through photos from the weekend! We hope you all are having an equally fun and exciting summer and hope to see you on the trail soon!
-Ty (& Clay)