The most entertaining experience from the last week of work has been the week long County Fair and Rodeo in Homedale, Idaho. I covered action from the rodeo Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and I have to say, I’ve never experienced a rodeo quite like this one. It all started like any small town rodeo, cowboys and cowgirls young and old competing for fast times and high scores, but after the first night it was apparent that the competitors weren’t the only ones in for a wild ride.
On Wednesday, the first night of the rodeo, a bird flew into a transformer on a power pole causing the pole to burst into flames, forcing the rodeo to go on for an hour and a half with no lights or commentary. Not to be outdone, on the second night a pretty crazy storm settled in over the arena, bringing with it rain, lightning and, you guessed it, another power outage. Fortunately both Friday and Saturday went off with no major catastrophe.
The only other notable experiences from this past week have been a wild time at the local drag strip and the first fall scrimmage for the Boise State Broncos.
Coming up this week I will be covering the Caldwell Night Rodeo, which next to the Snake River Stampede, is the biggest rodeo in an area were rodeo is king. Hopefully I can come up with some interesting photos and entertaining stories to share next week, assuming of course I don’t get struck by lighting or nailed by a kamikaze bird.
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