There are big rodeos out in the West, but many more small ones with a grassy hill for a grandstand where you hang out all afternoon watching the action with your cooler, blanket, snacks and friends. This was the second time we went to the Methow Valley Memorial Day rodeo-- two years ago Nova was a little baby and we had to keep her from tumbling down the hill. Yesterday she was running up and down the hill. Not only that, Nova was IN the rodeo. More on that...
Along with the usual rodeo events like bronc "busting" (poor horses) there were kid activities like calf and sheep riding, a chicken "chase" where the lucky kid had to take a chicken home for "dinner." Only in eastern Washington. Nova was in the 0-3 year old class, and she was the last little one to run across the entire length of the area. From high above where we watched her run in her little pink hat, it was such an adorable sight it brought the house down. We thought she would be frightened out here alone but when all was said and done she told us she was mad because she didn't "get one." We told her, next year!
Then her dad entered her in the stick horse race where she had better luck.
Not the first place, BUT a beautiful rodeo queen gave her a blue ribbon to take home.
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