Each year, the Lions Club sponsors the Little Snake River rodeo at the Russell Community Park, near Dixon. The kids’ events, including mutton busting, chicken chasing and pig catching are a highlight in our family. It is also the source of our pork, since we feed out the pigs that the grandkids and their cousins catch, and enjoy the locally grown meat in the winter months. We give the chickens to the neighbor, since our Border collies mistake them for lunch.
pig catchers line up
Meghan and Tiarnan–all the under 2’s “caught” a pig
Megan, McCoy and his pig
Maeve, ready to run
- Seamus thinks about strategy
Siobhan surveys the pigs
Matthew chases a pig
A girl and her chicken
- Two hats