Its off to North Platte I go:) Since there is only one airport in North Platte I had to go through security twice because I had to switch airlines. The plane I had to ride in only sat 15 people and the wind was so bad that I though that I was going to crash. Once I landed in North Platte as I'm standing at the baggage claim only one of my bags ended up making it. The other bag decided it liked New Mexico so much it wanted to go back and it had my make up and hair stuff in it. Finally I made it to my host home and got settled in when my family The Smith's got home and took me for a ride on the motorcycle on our way to a concert.
The first event for the Miss Rodeo Nebraska pageant was the horsemanship and then the kick off BBQ at both the other state queens and I got to entertain the crowd with our stories. Then some of the other queens and I went to the park to get ice cream and rode on the kids rides that were also there, it was a blast!! A fun event the first night was a stick horse relay race between different groups of queens and my team did so good, I think we should have won but 2nd isn't to shabby :)
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| This is my team:) |
The next day we had several sponsor visits and a Kids parade in the morning, some of the costumes were so adorable. Then it was off to the Golden Spike tour because of the flooding we didn't get to go to the Rest Ranch. When going to the top of the spike only 10 people could fit in the elevator so a few of us volunteered to climb the stairs because we were told it was only 4 flights, but we quickly realized it was actually 8 and were sweating by the time we got to the top. The view was incredible though and I learned so much about trains. That night was the BBQ at the lake and I had a chance to go wakeboarding for the first time ever and even got up on my first try:) we also practiced the dance for the style show that was coming up the next day. At the style show each of us got a chance to say something about our state so I said, "Washington not Washerington, I know everyone loves a cup of Seattle's best coffee in the morning and by the way I'm not from Seattle in my town it doesn't rain 365 days a year".
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| At the Golden Spike |
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| Wakeboarding!! |
Also at the style show each of the state queens got a chance to model a dress and then our chap outfits which we performed the dance in. Finally it was time for the Buffalo Bill Rodeo:) We headed to the grounds to sign autographs then went and found our horses mine was a cute little sorrel who did great, I also had the chance to ride in the barrel truck. I had an amazing time in Nebraska and my host family was awesome, even though I was renamed Miss Directional Challenged hahaha:)
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| My Twin and I |
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