A New Baby!! And another new adventure!

Hello everyone and welcome!

   

   We have a new baby! No no not Debbie & I, Clint & Jolene Davis, our son and his wife, has a new baby girl, Karley Ann, on August 7, 2013! Woo Hoo !! All is well with mom and child, Dad had to recover also, as he said Jolene kept punching him through the delivery process! I told him he could put up with that compared to what she was going through! Check out the big sisters, Kyley and Kelsey!

                               Deb and I are so happy for them to have such a beautiful family! 

                                  

   As for us, we are having the time of our lives! I keep asking Deb, what town are we in this week, as we are running through the jobs like wildfire! We have done three jobs this month so far, and should finish two more by Labor Day weekend. We have been in Sheridan, Wyoming, Buffalo, Wy., Casper, Wy. and are now in Douglas, Wy. this weekend at the Wyoming State Fair Park and Glendo State Park for two very nice guest guide renewals. 

   These towns in Wyoming are full of the nicest folks you would ever want to meet! Everyone is friendly and helpful to us getting to know the streets and people we need to talk to. The owners of the campgrounds we have been working with have been wonderful, also, even going so far as putting us in their Elite Site for a weekend before we left the Buffalo KOA, so we could enjoy the private hot tub! Emmy even got to relax on her own lounge chair! We have been asked by all the owners to please come back next year. AND WE WILL!!

                                        Buffalo, Wy. KOA, Owners, Shawn and Mickie Welsh                                                                                       

We pulled in Friday night to the Wyoming State Fair Park just as the fair had finished up last week and all the fair attractions were gone, except, after arriving we found out they were having a                     Senior National Rodeo event! 

What a HOOT!                                                                                                        

These professional cowboys are anywhere in age from 40 years young to 68 years plus! They compete on a full circuit just like their younger counterparts do and they are remarkable men and women! From our seats in the grandstands, dressed in traditional cowboy/cowgirl attire, you had no way of telling their ages as they competed like they were 20 year olds! All the traditional events were included, like, calf roping, barrel racing and of course Bull riding! The only difference in that event, so the comedic announcer said, was they received a senior discount in the timing at 7 seconds instead of the 8 second count the younger generation is timed. One thing for sure, the Bulls were not any smaller or less mean, as no one completed the ride and some were very slow to get up as their bodies have surely absorbed the punishment for decades, but they keep getting back on!

All in all, it was a great rodeo to watch, the Casper Mountain Range with blue skies as a backdrop and a beautiful venue here at the fairgrounds. Sorry we forgot our iPhones or we would have pics!

 

                             Here are some pics of our weekend day trips we took while in Wyoming. 

                                                          The Big Horn Mountains

                                                          Emmy even got in a swim

 

                                                Zoom in! That is a Moose and her Calf!!

                                     As Yakov Smirnov, the comedian says, "What a Country"! 

                                    

                                                       Hope you enjoyed the Pics!

                                                          Check us out again! 

                                                   As we are truly livin' the Dream!

                                              

                                                             See You Soon!

                                                              Russ & Deb

Medora Musical!

   We got finished up early in booming Bismarck, ND and had heard about a Country Musical Theater in Medora, ND called The Medora Musical, so we decided to stop there on our way to Sheridan, Wyoming. Medora is about 2hrs. west of Bismarck on I-94, so it was an easy afternoon drive.
   Medora is an old stagecoach town rich in history of the early settlers. Teddy Roosevelt owned a couple ranches near there after the town was settled and a national park in his namesake is nearby. President Roosevelt is highly regarded as one of the greatest Presidents to save our natural landscapes for future generations to enjoy by creating several National Parks in America.
   An added attraction to the musical is the Pitchfork Steak Fondue that sits next to the theater stage area. Now please bear with me for a minute as I describe what you may, or may not, believe! The Pitchfork Steak Fondue is just what it says it is, these North Dakota cowboys know how to cook their steaks! Using real hay pitchforks, they skewer several very large steaks on each pitchfork while heating the large pots of cooking oil in an outdoor setting looking out over the canyon below with some of the most breathtaking scenery in the Badlands!

                                           Overlook to the Badlands beside the seating area

                                                            "Where's the Beef?"

                                                       Large Pots full of cooking oil

Thought I was pulling your leg, didn't you?!

This is quite possibly the most original style of cookout we have ever experienced anywhere and the steaks are seared in the hot oil, making them as tasty and juicy as you would want! Of course, there is also a full buffet of baked potato, baked beans, cole slaw and roles to finish the meal out. They have all this ready by 5:30pm and then you can walk over to the amphitheater to your reserved seats for the 7:30pm show. The whole package is priced comparatively to most other dinner theaters we have been to before.

   The Medora Musical brings talented young actors and actresses from around the country for the seven show per week theater. When I say young, these kids work very hard to bring you a very entertaining show filled with fast action song and dance skits set around each song they perform with comedy acts mixed in the one hour forty-five minute show! Deb and I really enjoyed every minute!

                                        All these guys and girls were really great performers

                                                      "Queen of the West - Elaine"

                                                          " On the Pontoon!"

                           Chet was a big boy who really acted like he enjoyed performing

   The stage buildings are set on rails so the backdrops can be changed for different acts, but the landscape in the far background is very real and provides a beautiful outdoor setting for the stage.
   When traveling through North Dakota, it is well worth it to allow the time to see this dinner/theater set in the western Badlands area. There is a nice campground near the theater and Tuesday night is senior discount night for 55 and over. Medora.com will get you any additional info needed.
   We are in Sheridan, Wyoming for a couple weeks and then on down route 25 to Buffalo then Casper. We are really enjoying this lifestyle and all it takes us to see this beautiful country, America!

   See You Soon!
   Russ And Debbie