BCHC Mid Valley Unit President's Monthly Message

Howdy everyone,

I had a great time in Bishop at Mule Days, cooking for the college kids and watching our kids compete. MJC started off outstanding taking first place in the first two competitions. It was great to see. Now all we had to do is just deliver a nice clean load and come in around 5th place to secure the World Champion title. Well, sometimes that's easier said than done. When they lined up the animals on the line, the folks dropping off the loads to be packed just kind of threw the stuff out there. That's when the adjustments should have been made, but they were not. Things went way wrong from that point on. My heart dropped as the completion continued. By the time they crossed the finish line it was now like my heart was completely ripped out of my chest. I will let Carl talk more about the team later in this newsletter. I will say that our kids did the best they could and put everything they had into the competition. I am very proud of what they accomplished.

I had two friends of mine, Matt and Jaycee, come over and give me a hand cooking this year, along with Michael King. What help they were! We started off with custom-made cowboy burgers and hotdogs. I think the burgers were the best I've ever had, a bit spicy for some. The second night we had barrel chicken and a special bean recipe that I make and green beans with bacon and onion. That, too, was pretty darn good. Now we're on to night three, roasted whole pig. We cooked a whole pig in my pig roasting box. We made pinto beans with jalapenos, homemade mango salsa, homemade pico de gallo and street tacos. One of the highlights of the pig roast was when the Cal Poly girls came up and requested to kiss the hog. Yes, that's right, kiss the hog! I was a bit reluctant at first; then when I turned back around, about eight of them had their knives out. At that me, I agreed to let them line up and kiss the hog!

I had a great me at our late Spring Campout up at Clark Fork Horse Camp. I ate good food, caught nice fish and just had a relaxing me hanging out with friends. That's it for now.

David Rumsey, President

(Our President writes a message every month for the newsletter.)