Cowboy magazine gets kick out of Mule Days

Diane Wilhelm, of Mount Vernon, maneuvers her mule and buggy In an obstacle driving event at last year’s Hells Canyon Mule Days. Obstacle driving requires the mules to accurately travel in almost every way possible, including backing into a parking space before finishing the course. The event has been touted as the fastest growing mule show in the Northwest. Photo/RON OSTERLOH

Hells Canyon Mule Days President Sondra Lozier was contacted with the news by Joni Gleason, a representative of the magazine. The article will run in the March edition and it includes Western-themed shindigs, rodeo celebrations and livestock shows.

Some of the other events that were included in the five-state region were Reno Rodeo, California Rodeo Salinas, Winnemucca Mule and Horse Draft Challenge, Spirit Of The West Cowboy Gathering in Ellensburg, Wash., National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., Pendleton Roundup, and of course the largest mule show in the world, Bishop Mule Days in Bishop, Calif.         

Lozier said, “We have been working hard to make this longstanding Wallowa County event a draw for visitors from near and far. It is great to be included in a national publication like American Cowboy Magazine.”