Jul 21st, 2010 by Heather
With a young child at home, I’m often thinking about fun and exciting new adventures I can expose to my son Evan. After living in Truckee for 8 years we’ve attended many events, done a variety of recreational sports and participated in the community in many ways. We have not, however, attended the Truckee Rodeo. I was thinking about the rodeo and how much it reminds me of my past (growing up in Nebraska and Wyoming), which is being held this weekend at the arena next to Regional Park. I ran across an article from June in the Sierra Sun about how the event has fallen on hard times, like so many of us. As of that article nearly a month ago, organizers were several thousand dollars short of breaking even for the event, which costs around $50,000 to produce. This event has been in Truckee for 37 years and is a real reminder to me of the wild west roots in Truckee’s past as well as my own. I’m excited to show my son a piece of my past and support a Truckee event that would be missed.