Darn that Coyote Sam!

At Motherlode we have a very unique (ok yea like half what we do is weird and different)  tradition. Coyote Sam and his band of bandits (read this as a bunch of the Posse guys dressed in costumes) hijack downtown, ride horses up the street with cars, shoot black powder guns and steal something that […]

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What a long winter

With March the wintery weather does not seem to be leaving anytime soon. But that doesn’t stop this traveling gypsy. February brought yet another year at the Ripon Almond Blossom Parade. Earlier this year I had a completely crazy idea (shocking I know) I thought we could turn my coronation dress into a top and […]

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All about Ag

For those of you that keep up on the Agricultural industry, every March the nation celebrates National Ag Day, an oppurtunity for our political leaders to learn more from their local agricutlurlaists, and for our voices and issues to be heard. This year I did something wild, wacky and different, I as the Mother Lode […]

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One Royal Review

For those not framiliar with the rodeo world, being a rodeo queen is an amazingly unique job in so many ways. One of the largest of these is the way that we compete; girls prepare for months and sometimes years, for a singular shot at a title. In many states pageants are few and far […]

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So it starts!

With the Mother Lode Round-Up we have something that is kinda out in left field, maybe even down right crazy in the queen world, well all of the world honestly.  We have a 3 month long contest. Yep you read that right, for 3 months a group of girls joins together for the singular purpose […]

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2015 to the finish line

Wow it has been pedal to the metal the past few months I realize that I haven’t updated my blog very much OK well maybe not at all. But here is my chance to redeem myself I hope y’all aren’t too mad at me or haven’t forgotten about me! After Grand National my schedule shifted […]

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Well Third Times the Charm!

I have written and re written this blog post because Blogger keeps eating it, so I am literally the worst posting this so late. We just finished one of my favorite, yea I know I say that about them all! But pretty sure it is actually true, the big one the one that started it […]

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Chasing those white lines

Well this month it’s been a pretty busy one; weird considering July is supposed to be the busiest rodeo month. But for me it’s October, I’ve had an event every weekend! This past weekend was the California Circuit finals. For the non rodeo esque, the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) divides the nation up into […]

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Home Sweet Rodeo

This weekend was one of the things I have been looking forward to most in my year as Round-Up Queen. Not the National Finals, or Gold Tour rodeos, but my simple little hometown rodeo. Throughout my life I have been split between two homes, one in the mountains of Sonora, and the LA suburbs of […]

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The golden girl has returned!

OK maybe I’m exaggerating just a tiny bit.. I mean I would never do that! Anyway I am super excited to finally get to do a SoCal rodeo, my whole life has been spent all over the world, but it is always fun to come back to Southern California, this time it was to ride […]

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