Tobacco Valley Rodeo
This year's spectacular Tobacco Valley Rodeo started at 8:00pm both Friday and Saturday (July 24-25) at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. Folks of all ages came out a bit early to get a good seat and enjoy the food and drinks that were available. We then settled back for some great rodeo entertainment.
We saw little kids doing their 'mutton busting', while the cowboys and cowgirls competed in barrel racing and calf roping, bronc riding, team roping and more. What a great way to spend a summer's evening! And as the Tobacco Valley Rodeo has been going on now for over sixty-five years, we always know we are going to experience the real thing. These cowboys and cowgirls know how to put on a great show. And then there are the clowns! Can you imagine getting out there in those getups to help attract a wild bronco away from the rider who has been thrown? Tickets went on sale at 7:30pm. Adults are always $10/person and kids get in for $5 (although under 6 gets in for free). So next year plan to come out for the Tobacco Valley Rodeo and enjoy "a piece of authentic Montana and a hankering good time".
About the Author: Rita Collins. I am a believer in the power of community and for now I call the Tobacco Valley home. I have lived in nine states and three counties and this community here amazes me - how people reach out to neighbors and even travelers. I've never lived in a place that demonstrates people caring for each other so well. And I've never lived in a place that has such a high percentage of talented musicians and artists. I work with the the Sunburst Community Service Foundation, a nonprofit that began in Eureka twenty years ago and now serves numerous communities in western Montana. And I just started a new business, St. Rita's Amazing Traveling Bookstore and Textual Apothecary. I never could have imagined life being this exciting in my sixth decade.