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wearing callies pretty necklace

last day :(
we got up extra early to pack, load the vehicles, and check out of our hotel.
we went to cowboy church that morning. which was really good. the preacher (carter edmondson) was great and i enjoyed the service a lot. we went and met him afterward and let him know we were glad they were holding a service at RTTH and talked a little about how we could relate to some of the things we said. it was a cool experience.
the 3 of us just kinda wondered around shopping and talking and trying to stay awake. haha
they did the final challenge today-the obstacle course. it was really interesting, exciting, and very stressful.
tootie bland (the lady who puts on the whole thing) offered each team 30 bounus points each if they would switch horses to ride for the obstacle course (keep in mind that the clinicians had only touched their own horse. it was against the rules to mess with any horse except your own.) and my aussies decided to take her up on it. so they switched horses at the last minute and had to compete using a horse they had never ridden before or even touched.
but of course they still did great!!! and they WON the whole thing. i was screaming so loud i was afraid i was gonna lose my voice. haha it was amazing. the whole trip was amazing.
we walked around the stables and then headed for the parking lot. it was a sad goodbye and heading in opposite directions for home. lai and i heading south and callie heading north. we delayed it for as long as we could. haha but we gave big hugs and hit the road.
lai and i decided we better stop and get large coffee's for the trip to keep us awake. she drove the first half and i drove the last half. we kept the music up loud and talked or sang the whole time, to keep each other wide awake. haha we made it home safely and with sooooo many amazing memories and lotsa pictures. (which you can view the ones i took here).
we also sat next to some awesome ladies from up north. they were a blast. :)