Sunday - This morning I went to what is called a ranch rodeo. They do stuff you'd normally do on a ranch, rather than the trick kind of stuff from a real rodeo. They had to load cattle into a trailer, give a calf a shot, and do other realistic roping stuff.
Before it started, they did something called "calcutta," which is what pari-mutual betting was before it was pari-mutual betting. You could "bet" on one team of riders to win the rodeo. They had an auctioneer "selling" the teams. It was incredibly interesting. Each team sold for about $75, and whoever had bought the winning team got the rest of the money that the other people had bet.
I noticed some of the cowboys using stirrups like I've never seen before . . . they were circular, and the boot goes in all the way to the heel. Most stirrups have a flat place on top where it connects to the saddle, and a flat place on the bottom where you have the ball of your foot. These were totally different. There was an older cowboy sitting in back of me, Dan, and I asked him about the stirrups. He said they're called "oxbow stirrups" and are for roping cattle or something . . . easier to get your feet out of.
Called Brian and went over and met Aubrey, his daughter, and two of the dogs, Johnson and Roxie. They were fine with Moki . . . not exactly friendly, but it was okay. Brian had me fill out a rental contract, and it's a done deal! I'm moving!
Monday - After I signed the papers yesterday, I thought it was a done deal . . . but, today, I found out Brian had called my references. For some stupid reason, that scared me. But, not to worry, everything checked out! Silly me.
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