Our fishing guide, Clay, was roping at the rodeo when we were there! It was great to watch someone we knew.
I am so excited to write on this special blog. We have had the best time on our trip. The kids, with me as their secretary, planned a super day for Father’s day two days late. The last event of this wonderful day was going to the ninth rodeo of the season. Brian loves the rodeo. We started with the sighting of beautiful horses and very sexy cowboys. Girls, consider the cowboys for future dates. Anyway, we saw lots of bareback horse riding, bull riding, barrel racing and roping. We gave many yelps and howls. However, we did experience a very sad note. We watched a very excited twenty year old from Cody, Wyoming try saddle bronc riding. His spur got caught on the saddle and the horse fell on him. He needed CPR and the medics responded immediately. A doctor from Louisiana in the audience responded, also. Jonathan is a certified as a first responder and was ready to help out but his help was not needed. Unfortunately, the young rider did not respond and he passed away. The announcer had asked us to pray to God to help this boy. There was complete silence in the audience. This all affected us very deeply. We all were reminded how fragile life is and it can be taken so quickly. I think it gave us all an evening to shed some tears for a young boy. While we did not know, we knew he had a family who would miss him terribly. We knew life would continue on, but our family made it a point to stop and offer prayers and hug some of the rodeo workers as new friends that understood the gift of life.
-Debbie Martin
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