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Jessi Lehl of Seeley Lake encourages her mules, Violet and Rose, along as they take guests on a ride around Ovando
Sleigh bells jingle as Jessi Lehl's mules pull their hay wagon around Ovando.
Rob Henreken and his matched pari of Belgians passes his daughter's mules as the head in opposite directions around Ovando.
Rob Henreken's Belgians make their way through a gentle snowfall.
Jessi Lehl brought her mule team, Violet and Rose, to Ovando Friday for their first Old West Christmas Fest. Lehl is the daughter of Rob Henreken, who brought his team of Belgians back to Christmas Fest for the first time in several years. The Henrekens had provided the stage service for the event for severa years, but scheduling conflicts had kept them away for the last three years, when Lincoln's Billy Cr stepped in.
"It's nice to be able to do this again," said Lehl, who brought her team to complement her dad's the Belgians and admitted the pair of mules also needed the exercise. A self-described "mule person," Lehl joked that she thought her dad was nuts for buying a team of horses, since as a kid she thought horses were for "rich people."
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