Howdy All!
Throughout our many years of this Chuckwagon life we lead, we have met many, many great people. This year, we have an amazing sponsor that has come on board to support us on our adventure down the trail.

A Partnership on the Road
This sponsor is not new to us, as they have teamed up with us in the past. Up here in Grande Prairie, Alberta, we ran the canvas tarp of Terracore Rentals Ltd. for the first two days of racing. The last three days we will carry the Direct Horizontal Inc. tarp. These companies are located in the Acheson AB area, which is located on the outskirts of Edmonton. We very much appreciate all that they provide us with and more importantly, their friendship.

Early Morning Excercise
The morning track can be busy as there are many drivers that hook up an outfit or two. The outriding horses need some excercie too, so the outriders are very busy as well. The outriders are group of fit guys that are aged from 16 to 45ish. All these guys show up for the show, get hired to ride for an outfit and sometimes get fired too. I believe there are around 13 drivers on our circuit. Some of the very good riders will ride in all 9 heats. Each driver pays a fee per ride and that can range anywhere from $40 to maybe $80 or $100 or somewhere in between. So if your a good rider, you can make some pretty good coin throughout the summer.
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Outrider in Training
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A Milestone Completed

Our Aussie Team Member
Duncan, has come to us from Australia. Since arriving in April he has been an asset to “Team 23”. He brings many followers to Chuckwagon Racing. You see, he has many friends down under who have no idea what the heck we are about, that is until now. Thanks to the World Wide Web, this blog connects us in so many ways. Since his mom Kate and I have connected on Facebook, the word of my blog, The Travelintrailer has gotten out. My stats show over 50 followers from Austrailia have poked their nose in the last day or two to see whats happening. So, enjoy! And feel free to also to look up http://www.wpca.com our Chuckwagon associations website. There is plenty of information, bio’s, videos and stats on there as well.
We got a bit of rain and hail shortly after lunch down here on the grounds. Enough to settle the dust. It didn’t last longs and the sun had come out for the evening performance.

Ready for the Horn
Ricks hook tonight was Bacardi (Left Lead), Spin (Right Lead), Regal (Left wheel) and Vegas (Right Wheel). When your on the four barrel you drive into the arena first. Then the three barrel, two barrel and finally the one barrel outfit. So depending on how fast and close they are coming in, the outfit on four can be set and ready for what seems a long time. Tonight was one of those nights. It’s hard, because the horses stop, and are ready and waiting for that horn to sound to fire out of there. When the horn finally sounded, Rick drove the team around the barrels nicely and ran a great race 3 wide keeping up with the other wagons. Our heat was slower than most, so we placed 23rd on the night. We have the same two outriders, Cole and Casey riding the same horses as last night, Ed and Stadium. They both had good clean runs.
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Making Friends
Until tomorrow,
From the Travelin Trailer
Sue, with Rick and “Team 23”

Sue
P.S. One of the simplest ways to stay happy is, letting go of the things that makes you sad.