After Calgary, Canada, I flew to Colorado Springs, Colorado. There I had the pleasure of helping out at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. It was a great rodeo and everyone was very enthusiastic! Even when the rain poured at the beginning of the rodeo, the people were pouring in as well (I am not sure what draws the rain to this Arizona girl, but everywhere I go, it pours! I think over the course of Prescott, Calgary, and Colorado Springs, I have endured an amount of rainfall that actually exceeds the annual rainfall of Phoenix Arizona!).
Along with the rodeo were the PRCA Hall of Fame inductions. It was powerful to see in person and all in one place the rodeo legends of Seven-time World Champion Dan Mortensen, 1985 World Champion Bull Rider Ted Nuce, 1969 World Champion Steer Roper Walt Arnold, and NFR average title winner from both ends of the arena Ace Berry. Erv Korkow, who has had stock in the NFR every year, and 1934 Triple Crown Champion Leonard Ward were also inducted. Each of their legacies has done volumes for the preservation of the western way of life, and their inductions into the hall of fame will help to perpetuate that even more.
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- Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Miss Rodeo Washington, Miss Rodeo Oregon, Miss Rodeo Nevada, and I
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- The grogeous backdrop to the Pikes Peak or Bust rodeo
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- Miss Rodeo California Ashley Hoffman and I shortly before gorging ourselves with Mexican Food
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- Miss Rodeo Oregon and I capture the Texas Roadhouse armadillo. Sadly, he wouldn’t give us any of his rolls for ransom, so we released him into the wild once again
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- The bad guys- just before they kidnap me
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- Getting kidnapped (my acting was so real that I made a boy cry)
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- My accomplices and I
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- Its pouring and the show must go on!
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- Miss Rodeo South Dakota, the KING, and I
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- Me, Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Miss Rodeo Missouri, and Miss Rodeo Nevada
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- Me, Miss Rodeo California, Miss Rodeo Mississippi, and Miss Rodeo South Dakota at the Hall of Fame Inductions
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- The legendary Larry Mahan and I
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- The state queens at the Hall of Fame Inductions
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- In front of ‘The Champ’ at the Hall of Fame
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- Miss Rodeo Florida and I on our safari across the hill from the PRCA Hall of Fame to our hotel
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- Arizona and Florida narrowly escape the ravine
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- The RAVINE swallowing up Miss Rodeo Texas, Miss Rodeo Nevada, and Miss Rodeo California
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- Finally, Texas, Nevada, and California find their way out the abyss, but not before Arizona and Florida make it back to the hotel and eat all the cookies…
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- Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Miss Rodeo Minnesota, and I at the Miss Rodeo America Seminar
