Rabbit Show in Laramie

Yesterday there was a rabbit show in Laramie.  With only one breed of rabbit, the shows go pretty slow as you wait for your breed to be called.  There were 2 youth shows and Grace got Champion and Reserve Champion in each show for her breed.  Then if your rabbit gets Best of Breed (same as Champion) then when all the breeds have been judged all the Best of Breeds compete against each other for Best of Show.  Grace got a runner up in Best of Show, which is fabulous.  She's never been commended during Best of Show.

It sure got hot in that barn and Leah's feet ended up being black from all her running around.  Grandma and Grandpa Y ended up coming up to hang out with us for the day.  Henry behaved himself and got lots of cuddles from one of Grace's Rabbit Judging Team members.

Our county fair starts up next week.  Here's hoping she does fabulously like last year.  She sure has been blessed with luck in her 4-H rabbit foray!

The Black Hills

We took a long weekend, loaded the car and headed to the Black Hills of South Dakota.  It was beautiful over there.  We took this road that had pigtail bridges where the road crosses over itself.  How cool to this engineer!  We took in Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, Hill City, rode the 1880 Train.  We also went to Reptile Gardens, the Cosmos and Bear Country.  Here is a picture filled post of what we saw and did.

buffalo along side the road

pigtail bridge

on the 1880 Train

on the 1880 Train

the 1880 Train engine

Mt. Rushmore with the kiddos

turtle fossil at Reptile Gardens

petting a baby alligator

petting a giant tortoise

the 1880 Train

the 1880 Train engine filling with water

lazy black bear

Grizzly bear

kiddos at Bear Country