![]() But, the kids still enjoyed the heck out of it. Our inflatable wading pool has also served some time as a cat toy hence its rather flattened appearance. So, my solution for the kids (and myself) the last couple years has been to bring a wading pool. There are no shade trees (hello, this is the desert!) and the wind usually likes to add to the fun by blowing super hard across the rodeo arena in the afternoon. “Hot” as in HOT, hott, h-o-t, any other way you put it, hot. McDermitt is well-known, but not necessarily well-loved, for being hot. The most manual labor any one team member has to do is flank a yearling in the branding contest – or, rather, a team roping steer, as yearlings are so darned valuable these days. ![]() ![]() ![]() McDermitt is well-loved by the cowboy crowd because of its lack of “gladiator events.” Instead of trailer loading and/or doctoring, the events include team branding, ladies’ steer stopping, team roping, big loop cow roping, horse roping and bronc riding. The one restaurant and all 35 motel rooms are located in Nevada, and every day all the contestants and spectators made the half-mile trip up Highway 95 to the rodeo arena just across the Oregon line. The loyal locals made their way once again to the Oregon/Nevada border “town” of McDermitt for the annual Fourth of July ranch rodeo this year. ![]()
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