Day 5:arrival to Reno by Samantha Shankle, Outpost Staff Related Articles: Introduction Day 1 :Outside Doyle, Calif. Day 2 :Hittin the trail Day 3 : Ridin' in the wimp wagon Day 4 : The sun shower incident in Lemmon Valley Cattle Drive Facts       Organization was a necessity for this day, talk slowly dropped to murmurs. We were slowly approaching Reno, a picture out of the old west descending on a modern city. Children living in nearby houses ran out, waving and cheering us on, pointing at the horsies and cows. As we dropped into the main part of town on McCarran Blvd., people stood on the sides of the road, holding up signs that welcomed us home. We all smiled triumphantly, knowing that we crossed 60 miles of desert to deliver these cattle to the rodeo. Every one of us made it to the end, and the satisfaction was evident. We plodded along waving to the crowd, our backs a little straighter and our bottoms not so sore. The cattle were rounded up into stalls at the Livestock Events Center. Some of the cattle were run down Virginia Street by the "experienced" A guest preparing to ride"drag." Photo by S.Shankle ranch hands, to kick off the start of the rodeo. Others would be flipped, roped and chased in the many events put on by the rodeo. But lucky for the cattle, they got a ride in the back of a truck back home after it was all through.                     copyright 02/26/98Nevada Outpost http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost Outpost | Metro | Lifestyle | Travel | Dining | Outdoors Specials | Links | About us | Mail us