Tommie is having fun out West!

It has been pretty busy here at the Wahl Equestrian Center as we gear up for the upcoming shows, our own clinics, shows, and all kinds of fun. It has been pretty hot and very wet. We got the corn maze mapped out and cut. It is a lot of fun. We'll have a pumkin patch for people to come and get their pumpkins for Halloween. It's a lot more fun to take your kids out to a real pumkin patch and pick out a perfect pumkin, then to buy it at a supermarket. They can get lost in the corn maze and take a hay ride. This will be a very fun fall. I have a clinic this weekend on Sat and Sun on Confidence and Sensory Training for horses and riders. Then Mon-Fri we have an all day kids camp. We'll have lots of fun and activities for them all week in addition to learning the proper way to care, work, play, and ride horses. Then we have an Appaloosa Show the following weekend, followed by the Northern Illinois Cutting Horse Assoc. The Texas Kid, Rodney Hayes stopped by last night to lay over for a few days between rodeos. He's a rodeo specialty act and rides a bull to the top of his trailer. He travels with a horse, a bull and 4 minis. We're gonna go see him in a rodeo Saturday Night.



Tommie is in Salt Lake City. He just did a rodeo in Nephi, UT and said the rodeo was great and the commitee was awesome. He said they treated him like one of the family. When your on the road for a long time it is nice to be around friendly and accommodating people. As you might know Tommie loves to skydive. At the Folsom rodeo a guy landed in the middle of the rodeo. His name is Mark Schlatter. Tommie had to meet this guy, so he went over to talk to him. I thought Tommie has a lot of jumps with 125, but this guy has like 6000+ jumps. That is amazing. Tommie sent me some photos. He swooped in with this big american flag as you can see in the photo. Tommie was very impressed.

Tommie heads back to California next week for more rodeos with Flying U, then it's back here to the Wahl Equestrian Center for a show on August 25th. Come see us have fun and welcome Tommie back home. Ride Fast... Take Chances!

karen