Pizza Party, Concert and Rodeo

The pizza party to celebrate the award that the Village received was held at noon yesterday. Josie wasn't on the invitation list because she works in the gift shop so I went myself and only stayed about 1/2 hour. Most of the people that were there were from the housekeeping and maintenence group so, except for a few other front desk workers, I didn't know anybody. Our supervisor (Pernille) and the owner (Judy Blair) gave short speeches and that was the gist of the party.

We made our final visit of the year to the Concert-in-the Park and the Rodeo. Karen and George also went went us. We went to the concert at 6 PM and they were having an ice cream social to celebrate the end of the season and they had the group "Front Screen Porch", which was a couple that played mostly Bob Dylan type music: 

We all thought that they were probably the least good of all the groups we saw this year at the concert. We still enjoyed the time there though and the ice cream was a nice touch.

It was 7:30 when we left the concert and went to the rodeo. The seats we had this time - it's always open seating - were on the second row just behind the gate area where the riders mount their horses and bulls. This shot is of one of the riders getting ready for his ride:

This particular rider didn't stay on the horse long enough and received "no score" for his attempt. There were the usual events - bull riding, bare back bronc riding, individual and team roping, and the barrel racing event. The big night for the rodeo finale will be Sunday night when the competitors will compete for $45,000 in prize money. Of course, we all have to work that night so we will have to miss that. The official end of the season is Tuesday night the 31st.

It will be interesting to see how the town changes after these summer events close down at the end of August. We can already see a drop in traffic and people walking the downtown area. Today we will stay home and relax before heading out to work for another week. There aren't many left, so we hope to see some things that are new - such as our trip to the Tetons and Jackson - coming soon...