BURRO RACING IN ARIZONA

Not a whole lot of information out yet, but a whole lot of interest.  Once this was put on facebook, there were over 4000 views the 1st day.  A lot more people want to run with the donkeys than we have donkeys.  

People are going to have to realize that for this to become a long term sport in Arizona, there are going to have to be a lot more donkeys involved than the ones we have.  That means people that own donkeys, people that have friends with donkeys, people that know of donkeys in their neighborhood maybe standing out in a field.  Then there is always adopting from the BLM or answering an ad on Craigslist or maybe an ad on the bulletin board at their local feed store.  In other words, they are going to have to go on a mission to find more donkeys. 

Colorado has been having burro races for 70 years and have managed to continue to grow.  But most of the donkeys that are raced are rented, rather than individually owned.  I would imagine renting donkeys will always be popular, because a lot of the people live in town or an apartment.  Or don't want to own a burro year round, but enjoy the adventure of getting out and running with one. 

The town of Superior has jumped into the middle of this idea and is behind it 100%, so it should be a lot of fun.  

We're actually participating in the Salute to the Veterans parade in Tombstone again this year Saturday March 16th.  We have placed 3rd the last 2 years, so this year we are bound and determined to WIN..........!!!!  The last 2 years we themed for St. Patrick's Day, everyone "greened" up.  

This year we are saluting the veterans and will have about a dozen donkeys with walkers, at least that's the plan.  Hopefully the weather won't throw us a curve like it did for the Tucson Rodeo Parade last month.

We have flags for all branches of service, Rosie the Riveter will be walking with us and there will be a couple of other surprises too.  If all the plans make it, they'll have to give us 1st place.......LOL

John got the back up race car ready today, at least he said it's ready.  I hope so, I actually took it out on the main road yesterday.  Our dirt road is so rough I couldn't tell if it was running good or not.  I'm just glad nothing fell off, it is really rough......!!  I took it out on the paved road and it seemed to be OK, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

A couple of days ago John and Lynn went down to Gary's, picked up the Cavalier and took it into our grandson's for some last minute work.  John had forgotten that when we unload from that trailer, if someone isn't sitting in the car with the brake on, it is a real good idea to keep the winch attached to the car and slowly let it roll backwards off the trailer.

This is what John's leg looked like after the car rolled and trapped his leg against the fender of the trailer.  Lynn and Gary pretty much lifted it off his leg.  Some things you shouldn't forget and I'm pretty sure he won't forget to keep the winch attached if I'm not available to hold the brake........LOL