A Day at the Rodeo

Coming from Texas, we've enjoyed our fair share of rodeos.  But we haven't seen one here in Colorado - until today. Some dear friends (thanks, Chad & Shell!) gave us tickets that they weren't going to use ...but they didn't tell us they were in the FRONT ROW!

The seats were padded, came with free programs, and our own personal server!  We could literally touch the dirt!    I must say, I've never had seats this good at a rodeo before.  ...but there was one downfall:

We had to take cover when anything got too close!  The dirt was flying everywhere!!  Our friends had given us four tickets, so the big boys invited one of their friends (Joe) along who happened to have never seen a rodeo before in his life (he's from California :)... well, I guess he's seen one now!

We saw bronco bustin', bull ridin', mutton bustin', barrel racin', steer ropin', lots of lassoin' (is that a word?), and just about everything else you see at a regular rodeo.  The only thing we missed was Cowboy Poker, which they always did in Texas.

We even saw this crazy little guy put on a little performance with this amazing horse... he treated that horse like a pet dog!  It was incredible!

After the rodeo, we took a little time to visit the rest of the stockyards - which we have been to before.  We always like to see the sheep shearing demonstration.

A fun day was had by all... well, except for the bulls, I imagine ...and maybe that sheep.