The Badlands Circuit Finals is the the National Finals Rodeo of the Midwest. South Dakota, North Dakota, and parts of Nebraska fall into the Badlands Circuit, and every October, hundreds of contestants travel to Minot, North Dakota to compete.
I went with Dane and his parents to the Finals, and snapped some pictures from the weekend. Phil and Terri are two of the most generous and kind people I've met in my twenty-two years. The four of us spent four days in one hotel room (and shared one bathroom), and we still liked one another at the end of the weekend. That's a good sign!
The performances were in the evenings, but our days were busy nonetheless. Dane and I visited Longfellow Elementary where Dane showed the kiddos some roping tricks and talked about life as a professional cowboy. Dennis "Denny" Halstead and the Miss Rodeo South Dakota Lady-In-Waiting joined us too.
The little boy in this picture is also named Dane. He was completely star stuck meeting "Big Dane" and loved that they had the same name.
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