Guymon, Oklahoma

"Happy Birthday to Me!" It only makes sense that I spend my birthday in my birth place...right? Good Ole' Oklahoma! (Yeah, I know, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska....Virginia....what can I say other than, I LOVE to travel!)

I have been enjoying the sights, sounds and FANTASTIC people of Guymon, Oklahoma. But to get this story started off right, we should start from the beginning... I flew in from Virginia a week before I needed to be in Guymon so that I could attend my baby sister's senior prom, which I promised that I would not miss.  Then I drove to Denver and picked up Miss Rodeo Idaho, Measha Gittins from Denver International Airport and we started our 10 hour drive to Guymon, Oklahoma! But not before we stopped in to visit one of my sponsors! Andraes Tsagus makes sure that I am wearing only the latest and the greatest in the fur industry! He even loaned Measha a jacket out of the shop to wear!

We got about 5 hours into that EXTREMELY boring drive and I think we were both wishing we would have just flown into Liberal, Kansas which was only 45 minutes away.  I have never seen such flat land in my life, and that says a lot, I used to live in Nebraska.

But I will say this..... Guymon was worth the drive and I would drive it ten times over just to experience it once more.  Becky Ronbinson, had everything organized for us girls when we got there and we had great little goodie bags from the businesses in the community as well.

We had an awesome welcome party! The Stonecipher family hosted all of us girls, which was no small thing either.  We had Miss Rodeo Okalhoma, Chassity Sisco, Miss Teen Rodeo Oklahoma, Sydney Spencer,  Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Princess, Taylor Spears, Miss Rodeo Arkansas, Synda Lockard, Miss Rodeo Idaho, Measha Gittins and myself. Miss Rodeo Nebraska, Michelle Boeshart was there as well, but she was staying with some friends. To top the 6 queens they allowed to invade their home, did I mention that they have 4 sons from ages 7-16?  It was really fun and they boys were good sports and allowed us girls to take over their bed rooms.  I felt really bad for them, because they had to carry all of our luggage into the house! (6 Rodeo queens round out to about 20 bags atleast!)

Becky gave us State PRCA Queens the opportunity to actually judge the Guymon Rodeo Queen contest and we had a lot of fun with it.  We were also judges for the little kids rodeo clown costume contest and visited many, many schools and were in the Guymon Pioneer Days Parade! Becky also got us into the Spikes and Spurs golf tournament, where my team that I was assigned to figured out very quickly that I would be a much better golf cart driver than I would be a golfer.

I even saved a poor little Chihuahua from getting ran over on the main drag in Guymon.  I probably looked really funny stopping traffic and then being chased by this little dog... did I mention that I had fur top boots on?  Yes, there were people pulling off the side of the road and taking pictures... I am sure those pictures are floating around on MySpace somewhere, but at least the little guy didn't get hit!  

One other thing to keep in mind if you ever go to Guymon, Oklahoma for Pioneer Days, drive a little car.  Oklahoma people are the sweetest people on earth, but they don't know how to park, or in Chassity's case drive.  Chassity drove her dad's dodge dually to Guymon and we got blocked in countless times and although we were never late for anything, and she was able to get us out of some pretty scary parking situations.... her escape route usually involved a couple of curbs to be jumped, a few trees to be dodged and maybe even a field or two to be driven across...never a boring moment with this girl! Thank goodness our tour guide just so happened to be on the Sheriff Department, so I don't think we would have gotten a ticket!! But needless to say, Chassity was a great host! She made sure we ALWAYS had fun!

The Rodeo itself was a lot of fun.  It was produced by Carr ProRodeo it ran like clockwork.  We had a production meeting to go over everything before hand and each of us girl were assigned a palomino horse for the week.  I got a cute little guy whom they call "Fat Dave" and he was a great horse to ride! I loved him and if he would have fit into the back of my Volkswagon Beetle that I drove from the airport, he would have been in it!

The people of Guymon were so amazing and I must say that Oklahoman's have the greatest hospitality.  To take a break between the afternoon and evening performance of the rodeo, us girls all decided to go visit the local McDonald's and get an ice cream and a burger and the manager Mike, presented each of us girls with a $25 Arch Card to help us in our travels.  It was very kind of him to think about us!

I can't even use words to describe the wonderful time that I had in Guymon, you will just have to go sometime and check it out for yourself.  I made so many wonderful memories and friends while I was there that I will keep close to my heart for the rest of my life.

Thanks so much for letting me share with you!
God Bless!
Anita Moorhead
Miss Rodeo Virginia 2010

 Measha and I showing off our A.Tsagus Jackets! I am so blessed to have him for a sponsor!

 All of us girls getting ready to help the mutton bustin' before the rodeo.  The National Little Britches Princess was even able to make it!

 Look at all of those QUEENS!! Lots of glitter and lots of hairspray and Palomino Carr ProRodeo Horses!

Our wonderful host family, the Stonecipher's!

My trusty steed for the week, "Fat Dave" and I after an afternoon rodeo performance!

4 Red Bull, Two McFrappes, two bottles of water and two meals of McDonalds got us as far as Lamar, Colorado.  We had too much fun and were almost too tired to drive!