Camp Crook Rodeo

This is what we saw while sitting on the hill watching the Camp Crook rodeo this last weekend. I grabbed my camera so fast, and then turned it into black and white. I absolutely LOVE this picture!
To start the weekend off, on Saturday Nathan had to work. Archery Antelope season opened on Saturday, so Nathan had to be out and about. We're planning on heading out Mid-September to harvest our antelope with our bows. Our friend, Kit will also be coming up to hunt with us, so we're looking forward to archery antelope season. Nathan ended up getting home around two, and then we took off to Crook so he could shoot the 3D archery tournament. The mosquitoes and heat in the river bottom made for a long couple hours of shooting, especially when you are only walking along and watching! Nathan did a great job, but placed lower than he wanted. All in all it was a great experience and they had a great turn out. I am for sure planning on shooting at the next one! After that we walked through the fair building, and watched some of the premium sale, and then headed home. Sunday came fast, and Nathan was off to work until noon, and then we took off to watch some good rodeo! Painters were in most of the events, and we knew a lot of others participating, which makes it fun to watch! After watching most of the events, and getting a sunburn, we headed home to go on a nice ride ourselves. We got Rex and Derby saddled and went for a wonderful evening ride together! We headed East of the house, and then headed Northwest. We went on top of a huge butte North of the house, and sat up there on our horses, speechless. We could see for miles, past the river, and into Montana. We figured we could look at least 30 miles to the West of us, and see nothing but prairie. With the hot pink sun starting to set to the West, we headed home. What an amazing weekend!

Monday came way to early, and before we knew it we were saddled and on horses by 7:30 that morning. Painters were working cattle starting on Monday, so we scratched out our "real" jobs and helped give fall shots. We did a lot of riding on Monday, and finished up around 4 that afternoon. After getting in the house and downing water like a camel, we got showered and left to go clean Continental, the oil field business we clean for. Needless to say, we were beat when we got home! We woke up Tuesday, sore and sun burnt from the hard work the day before. We made it though, and now are looking to Thursday already! Archery hunters are showing up slowly, which means the busy hunting season is getting closer. Nathan is leaving this Sunday-Friday for training in the Hills and in Pierre, so my mama Anne is coming to visit! Even though my shotgun is loaded and ready for anything, I'm still not a fan of staying here by myself for a week straight, so I'm more than excited that she's coming to visit! A jewelry show is in the works for a week from tonight, and invites are being sent tomorrow, so plans are coming together! I'm taking the week off of work, and we'll find plenty to do! Have a great rest of the week!