PBR in Winston-Salem

My weekend was the best weekend of my life. I didn’t care that it was snowing hard and some guy had to push my car out for me, nothing was going to stop me from getting to the rodeo. My friend Kate bailed scared of the snow so I called my friend Amanda from Radford if she wanted to. She said yes, no questions asked. I picked her up and we drove 2 hours to Winston-Salem. We got to our hotel and we were checking in. Amanda asked the lady at the desk if the riders were staying there and she said yes she checked in some guy JB earlier, and I freaked. I told her that was my favorite rider. I couldn’t believe JB Mauney was staying at the same hotel I was. We got into our room and were amazed by how nice it was. We got ready then left to get some dinner before the show. Since I’m a PBR member we got to get in early and go down to the arena for pictures and autographs.
It was so cool because some of the guys who came down I have watched on TV for years and have always been fans of. We got to our seats and they were really good. The show was amazing and while we got pictures we met 2 girls, Amy and Kelly, they are from Minnesota, that were really cool and we told them they should chill with us. After the rodeo we got to get more pictures with the guys. JB Mauney came out and my heart stopped. He was just right in front of me, I couldn’t believe it. After the show we met the girls at this place called Wild Wings Café but no one was there, so we went back to our hotel to meet up with a rider that I knew. We finally find Ryan and the guys. One Brazilian rider Renato Nunes made brownies and gave some to me and Amanda. Later we went to his room and it was, Ryan McConnel, my friend, Skeeter Kingsolver and Austin Meier. They were really cool to hang out with.
We hung out in their room until about 4:30am. On Saturday Amanda and I went out to lunch with Kelly and Amy. We talked about what happened the night before and how much fun we had together. We all got along great considering I don’t get along with girls very well. After lunch they went back to their hotel and we went to ours. Kelly and Amy had 2 extra tickets for Saturday and said they would give them to me and Amanda for free. We got to the rodeo and got some more pictures with some more of the riders. We went to the after party which was in a suite where food was made for the guys. Renato was there and was making fun of me as usual. We went to a bar where most of the guys were going called Johnny and June’s. However, the cover charge was $20 per person. Amanda and I didn’t see that working out therefore, we left and went back to the hotel. As soon as we walked in I saw Ryan, Skeeter and Austin. They were hanging out at the bar in the hotel but Amanda and I were too tired and went up to the room.
Ryan texted me later around 2:30am to hang out. Ryan was so hyper; he was jumping between the beds and jumping from the dresser to the beds. Skeeter was just laying on the bed with me while Ryan and Austin were having fun acting like kids. The boys were excited because Austin had won the entire event and won about $40,000 and Skeeter was in 4th place. Ryan didn’t make the championship round but was still in a great mood. Overall, my weekend was the best I have ever had. I can’t wait until I have a career with the rodeo and I can hang out with the guys every weekend.