PENDLETON — The corner parking lot at Hines Meat Co. in Pendleton is just blocks away from the Round-Up Grounds and now home to a cadre of vendors.

Lexi Pederson, co-owner of Dawn + Dusk Outpost, opened up her mobile boutique shop on Southwest Dorian and 13th Street. Her clothing truck store comes with an outside hat bar that offers a variety of cowboy hats and wide brim fedoras with plenty of accessories to customize each top.

Inside her clothing shop truck is an eclectic mix of designer clothing and repurposed goods from local artisans that fit into the Pacific Northwest style.

“We have apparel, jewelry, bags, all different things,” Pederson said. “We try to keep mostly Oregon vendors that we work with and some handmade things that we just really love. So we put all our favorite things in there and we hope that everyone else loves them as well.”

Pederson, of Eugene, said she used to work at a barbeque stand at Round-Up during college.

“I knew kind of what to expect in the Round-Up experience and that it was just a great place to be,” she said. “So we’re excited to be back and actually be a part of the vendor crowd.”

Parked next to her is one of Pendleton’s staple Mexican cuisine trucks, Panchito Tacos. The food truck cooks up flavorful tacos, fat burritos, tasty quesadillas and stacked nachos.

“We’re very excited,” Lucia Rivera, cashier of Pancito Tacos, said. “Sometimes we stay late for this event. Once we stayed until three o’clock in the morning.”

She traveled from Yakima just to work the event and said Panchito Tacos hired three more people to handle the large rodeo crowd.

Across from the food truck customers can mosey over to Head Monkey. The pop-up shop based in La Grande offers film-pressed T-shirts and hoodies. The shop offers several graphic designs for customers to customize their clothing.

Carolyn Doolley, owner of Head Monkey, said she has designs such as Tough Enough to Wear Pink for the nonprofit that partners with rodeos to raise awareness about breast cancer and the slogan “Let’er buck” for the Round-Up customer base.

“We’re super excited to be here,” Dooley said. “I think it’s going to be a really fun event. Every single vendor here is absolutely incredible.”

To the left of Head Monkey is the Fallen Outdoors stands, an altruistic cause dedicated to veterans helping veterans. The organization is an all-veteran volunteer nonprofit geared to help veterans to get out of their homes, open up about their experiences with other former soldiers, while immersing themselves in the great outdoors.

The organization encourages veterans to go hunting and fishing, along with other outdoor adventures throughout the Pacific Northwest.

George Rodgers, team Oregon event coordinator of Fallen Outdoors, said getting like-minded veterans together to discuss their experiences helps them alleviate issues going on inside.

“Active service members and veterans that take their lives because they can’t handle the PTSD,” he said.

Rodgers, of Hermiston, said Fallen Outdoors gives veterans a chance to relax, let their guard down and clear their minds.

All service members who attend the trip free of charge.

Along with providing a place for local merchants to sell their goods, Hines Meat, 1210 SW Dorion Ave., is hosting an all-day outdoor barbecue and live music Sept. 11-14, 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

“Everybody coming together, supporting each other and doing business together,” Jeff Hull, co-owner of Hines Meat Co., said while standing outside his parking lot. “Just helping out the community that we have here as locals.”