Ben thought I should write our "almost weekly" newsletter this week. He told me that perhaps the Pendleton Roundup was "my" thing, but I know he enjoys it as much as I do!
Yes, we attended the famous Roundup last weekend in Pendleton, Oregon... the 102nd edition! That means our summer "vacation" in the Pacific Northwest is drawing to a close, and we need to pack up and head south very soon. I've enjoyed my vacation from writing Pic-of-the-Week, and I think Ben did a great job, don't you? It's nice to get a different perspective.
You see, I like to take pictures of people and places. Ben likes cars and trucks and animals. For example, my 1st cousin twice removed turned 3 while we were visiting her grandparents (my cousin and his wife) at their farm near Harrisburg. She had a tea party that was pretty amazing. Here are a few of my favorite photos from that event!
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| Georgia, the 3-year old birthday princess... |
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| One of the properly dressed birthday tea party guests.... |
It was all just too cute!
OK. We left the valley (after one more quick repair to the truck). This hose that is part of the turbo had a nice big hole in it (see top left part of hose). The truck is running VERY nice now after that was replaced. And it's a good thing, because we like those back roads.
We spent a day or two in Bend organizing our hoard of stuff, then headed to Prineville, Mitchell, Spray (where we spent the night in the city park on the John Day River), then on to my niece's home in Athena via Heppner and Pilot Rock and Pendleton, of course. We were ready to "Let 'er BUCK!!!" Our friends from Salem, Dan and Paula, joined us. They set up a nice tent on my niece's yard and joined us for the parade and Round Up on Friday and Saturday. Paula's family is from the Pendleton area; she even had an aunt who was a Round Up princess in the 1930's!
The Westward Ho parade is one of the only parades in the US with NO motorized vehicles. Only horses, mules, and oxen are used to pull the various wagons. We saw some amazing horseflesh....
There were also marching bands and Rodeo Princesses and Queens from all over the Northwest, politicians, people running for office, representatives from all the Universities and Colleges in the state, and who knows who else! All in all, it's a great parade, and I take a ton of photos every year. Unfortunately, I had a setting on my camera that messed up the majority of the videos I took until I figured it out later in the day. Oh, well....
The Round Up is always entertaining. So much activity is accomplished in the time allowed, it is truly amazing. As far as I could tell, no one was seriously injured this year (except for a few calves that were hauled off the field on a tractor).
I'll spare you the hundreds of Round Up photos here... I've added the best shots to our September Picasa album at...
Be sure to check out the videos at the end. There is a very interesting bull ride / dismount video near the end. You couldn't pay me enough money in the world to do that stuff!!! Yikes!
That's it until Ben writes the next one! Who knows how long that will be!
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet & Ben, Sam & Zoey
3 comments:
Good Morning a great read thanks for posting;)
Sounds great, my cousin's daughter said it's getting chilly in Bend, time for you to be heading back home. Glad you had a good summer.
Looks like so much fun. The little one is gorgeous in her fancy dress.
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