Norther Rockies Sports Show

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Hello everyone!! I'm back again to tell you of another great weekend. This past weekend Lesli and I traveled to Great Falls Montana for the Northern Rockies Sports Show. Once again my mom and I packed up the car full of goodies and headed out... at 6:00 in the morning!! It was a little rough, but it all payed off in the end.

I arrived in Great Falls around 10:00 and walked into the Montana Expo Park wearing my warm and cozy fur. I met up with Jim at the Montana Fur Trappers booth. There wasn't too much going on, so my mom and I headed off to look at the other interesting booths. One of my favorites was an Australian Fur Tour Guide Booth. It had many furs,but the most interesting one was an Australian Possum! I learnedthe difference between the American Possum and the Austrailian Possum, surprisingly there were some huge differences. Jim was very kind and gave me a tons of informative information on fur types and fur trapping. The day went on and Lesli and I sold some items at the booth and signed some autographs, and then it happened...

A man came into the booth and asked Jim to evaluate his three bobcat pelts that he had trapped two weeks earlier. Jim agreed so the man went back to his vehicle and brought them in. After Jim had evaluated the furs the man mentioned he was allergic to cats and that when he was around these furs he had an allergic reaction. Now, if you don't know me I'm very allergic to cats, so once these words came out of his mouth I got very nervous. Just as I thought it happened! About 10 or 15 minutes after the man left my right eye started to swell and turn bright red. Panicked about my appearence Lesli and I went to the restroom to attempt to fix the problem. After getting some Skittles and a Pepsi, the swelling went down and the redness went away. It was one scary moment!! But hey look on the brightside, at least I know I'm allergic to bobcat!!

After the long but very fun day, Lesli and I packed up our stuff and headed out to the Circle of Wagons Hall of Fame in Helena... Yes just another day in the life of a rodeo queen! :) Read more about the Circle of Wagons Hall of Fame in the Circle of Wagons blog. Well that's all for now folks.

Happy Trails!!!

Sam