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The Dru and Brittany Melvin family pose at the Wild West Arena last year. The family makes a vacation out of it their trip to North Platte. Dru competes at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo and they help produce the memorial steer wrestling. The kids enjoy tourist attractions and swimming at the hotel pool. From left to right, Brittany, Claudia (Dru’s mom), Dru, Jaxson and Chance. Front row Raney, Judson and Natalie.
The Melvin kids at Scout’s Rest Ranch. Their family makes an annual trip to North Platte for the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, and they take in some museums and educational sites as well.
For more than a dozen years, the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte is vacation time for the Dru and Brittany Melvin family of Hebron, Nebraska.
Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves the Great Plains and its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
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The Dru and Brittany Melvin family pose at the Wild West Arena last year. The family makes a vacation out of it their trip to North Platte. Dru competes at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo and they help produce the memorial steer wrestling. The kids enjoy tourist attractions and swimming at the hotel pool. From left to right, Brittany, Claudia (Dru’s mom), Dru, Jaxson and Chance. Front row Raney, Judson and Natalie.
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