This was a
full day at the Fairgrounds in Bishop watching and photographing mule activities. We
were at the stalls by 0745 with Amy up at 0800 for English Drassage. Tina was
to call out the commands while Amy rode in the ring. In case you are not
familiar with Dressage, around the ring are various letters. The rider is to
ride to a letter doing a specific gait and on the correct lead. For us not
really into the finer points, we just watch and photograph and hope that the
mule and rider do the right thing. Prior to that I was able to watch briefly
the steer roping going on the main arena.
A great class
was the Farm Class. There were about a dozen to 15 mule drawn farming tools
shown and then there were explanations of the tools and their approximate ages.
They all dated to the EARLY 20th Century, with a few going back to
the late 1800’s. Some of the people
had never
fully demonstrated or knew how to adjust working parts but the Judge was quite
knowledgeable and got them all working. There were mowers, seeders, as well as disc
machines used for making furrows, and digging up the earth.
During the
mid-day lull in activities, we walked down to Schat's Bakery to fill several
orders from neighbors for loaves of bread. We also treated ourselves to one of
their delicious chocolate croissant which we will eat tomorrow morning. Right
across the street in the Municipal Park we wandered about at the craft fair.
There are always wonderful things to look at, and perhaps buy. We did not
succumb to the
temptations
this year.
This is the
end of our Mule Days adventures for this year. It was lots of fun and enjoyable
time. The weather was most cooperative with the highs only into the mid-80’s.
It was quite windy at times but it was bearable.
Calf Roping >>>
Barrel Racing >>>
Farm Class>>>
Western Pleasure Class >>
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