Usually when we go to visit son Duane Jr, daughter-in-law Brandey, and grandkids Emma, Ava (aka the twins or the girls), Alyssa, Coy, and Wil, we go to a little arena to watch the kids compete in small local contests running barrels and poles with Coy and Alyssa being led through the patterns.
Today we went to a large arena to watch the girls compete in a serious barrel racing contest.
With 180 contestants there is a lot of "down" time before and after each contestant's turn.
Time is allotted for contestants to acquaint their horses with the arena with warm-up exercises. The girls have done this and are chatting with Jr, Alyssa and Coy.
Both Emma
and Ava did really well , with Emma winning first in one youth division and Ava winning second in another youth division. The best part is that neither girl knocked over any barrels. This is really good when you consider they are only 12 years old.
With both runs lasting a total of about 30 seconds, the rest of the family had lots of time to hang out.
We arrived at the arena at 11 to watch the warm-up runs. The competition started at 1pm with the girls runs about 1:30. We hung out with the family until about 3 before we got too cold. The rest of the family stayed until the winners were announced at 6pm.
Home again, warm again,
Louise and Duane
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