Thanks Jan! I'll never forget that last two weeks of the year Stephanie made then NFR. Once, we made 6 rodeos in 3 days ( 2 a day), but the kicker was that there wasn't a single rodeo in the same state!! She drove during the day and I drove at night. Remarkably, she won 5 and tied for 1st at the other. I've never seen anything like it in my entire life. After the last rodeo we knew she had made it and I told her we were going out to party! Turns out, I took her out to dinner for a steak and we were both so exhausted that we went back to the trailer and went to sleep. I got up a four the next morning and started back to Texas because we had a Win$More the coming weekend.
I wouldn't trade the memories for anything, but I sure couldn't do it day in and day out. I don't think most people realize the long hours and miles these girls (and guys) put in to make the NFR. They are troopers and so are their horses.
De$try
