Truth or Consequences and a Wedding

Friday, May 1: T or C, as it is conveniently called is another friendly town looking forward to the Best of America crowd. We are camping at the Sheriff's Posse grounds just in time for Fiesta weekend when there will be a big rodeo.

The theme of the Fiesta was from the 60s, which we were happy to find out. Otherwise, T or C would be full of old hippies, tie die would be the main theme in fashion and protesters would be wavings placards during the parade scaring the horses. But, the parade was alot of fun, none of the horses spooked and our Best of America group won the trophy for largest equine group in the parade.

During the parade the route took a detour by the local veteran's home and Tom Seay dismounted and spoke to each veteran along the driveway. As the American flag passed by one gentleman he struggled from his wheelchair and saluted the flag, which brought many observers to tears. Several riders returned to the home later that day to visit the residents in person.

Have you ever been to a real live rodeo? Several of our riders had not. It was a fun afternoon and evening as we had the opportunity to participate in the Grand Entry along with the Sheriff's Posse and the Parade of Champions at the opening to the rodeo events. There were bucking broncos along with bull riding, calf roping and barrel racing.

In the midst off all the local festivities our group had a wedding. Roy and Janice, two members of our group, decided they would be married in T or C. So, all week we have been working on the details. I made the bouquet and hairpiece, Tammy did bows for the bride's horses mane and tail, Del planned the ceremony and music. So, after the parade we unloaded our horses from the trailers and rode into the arena into a semi-circle, the bride and groom rode in on horseback into the middle of the group. They dismounted and were married in a short ceremony with Tom Seay giving the bride away and Pat Seay filming. You will probably be able to see parts of the ceremony on Best of America by Horseback on RFD-TV later this year as you watch the show and follow our trip. The bride was thrilled since she hadn't thought there would be so many people who cared about making her wedding day so special.