The Snowmass Rodeo

The Rodeo

The day had a bit of a frustrating start.  Our first stop of the day was supposed to be laundry at a laundromat - which turned out to permbanently closed.   The bext closest one was about 35 minutes away.  That knocked some time out of our day.

Next was supposed to be the John Denver Park.  This is where we found it inconvenient to be playing in the richest of neighborhoods.  With land being so expensive, they don't waste much of it on parking.  We drove around for 30 minutes without the prospect of a parking spot.  John Denver would have to wait.

My Lovely had found some trails for us to ride at Snowmass.  We had a little difficulty finding the starting point, we began our ride.  It was a great ride up the mountain and then back down to the truck.

We decided to do one more section, which I enjoyed the most (watch the videos).

It was at this point that we discovered there was a rodeo tonight.   We took a flyer on it and had a very nice time.  

It is a very family oriented rodeo with quite the entertaining announcer. 

I got in line for bbq dinners for us while My Lovely watched warm ups. By the time I got in the stands, she had picked a favorite to root for.  A young lady that ended up doing very well for herself.

The events were fun to watch.  The weather was good.  The crowd was full and pleasant, but what stole the show was that this rodeo is family fun start to finish.  It was a real rodeo but with kid events too.  And some of the real rodeo events featured father/daughter teams and the like.

One of the kid events was the mutten buster.  It was for kids 2nd grade and under.  They put the kids on sheep , with a helmet, (like a bull ride but with no rope) and let ‘em ride until they get bucked off.  The kid that won took quite the buck and held on.  The ride brought the biggest cheer of the evening.

We had a good time with an empromptu evening.Read more