Scenic 395 - The Official Guide 2018/2019

2018-2019 Scenic 395 35 Bishop ‘The greatest mule show on Earth!’ I t's not every event that is deemed important enough for its web- site website to contain a ticker featuring days, hours, minutes and seconds counting down to the big event. But Bishop Mule Days is not any event. Billed as the “Greatest Mule Show on Earth,” Mule Days is an annual event that has been taking place on Bishop over Memorial Day weekend for 50 years. And yes, if you go to the website you can find out how long it is before this year’s event begins – down to the second. It celebrates its 50th year in 2019, having been founded in 1969. The Bishop Mule Days Celebration a takes place for six days each year Tuesday through Sunday the week before Memorial Day on the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop. It will be held May 22 to 27 this year. “There is no way to actually describe Mule Days. It is part mule show, part test of skills, and part Wild West show," Mule Days writes on its website. "It is an event the likes of which are held nowhere else Continued on Page 36 SUBMITTED PHOTO A scene from an opening ceremony at a past Mule Days.