Go to a rodeo

but I loved it. I sat first row with only a metal bar separating me from the bull, getting kicked with sand, riders jumping at us to get away, bull snot flying at our faces. Definitely worth it.

Is what I really want to do. I heard about it 2 years ago while I was in Whistler, BC Canada from 2 retirees who had just been there.

I want to wait another year or two so that my daughters will be old enough to remember it well.

But I’ve heard such great things about it, I chomp at the bit everytime I think of going.

Maybe we’ll take in a smaller rodeo locally here in the mean time.

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Did this in Colorado. Was a great time. The kids got to go in the arena and chase a lamb with a ribbon on its tail and try to get it.

I’ve had to go to these things before, if you want to see a large concentration of stupid clothings, barbaric spectacle, and drunks being drunks, this is the place for you.

We went last night with my sister, visiting from out of state. It was more fun than I expected. Damn, bull riding is scary to watch…can’t imagine what it’s like to actually do it.

All that ropin’, ridin’, and talk of horns gets me hot

I went with my dad and my brother when I was a kid. Tried to wear my cowgirl hat years later, and it ripped over the top of my head. Then I got another one, a big old belt, and a blonde wig so that I could be a cowgirl for Halloween.

Saw the PBR Invitational at MSG in January. Had a blast, man. Trust me, it’s fun on tv, but 10x more so live.

Painful to watch. I couldn’t go again.

I really enjoyed the rodeo, and will probably see another one. I understand people’s reservations about animal cruelty, and if that bothers you than I wouldn’t go. There’s something about rodeo that’s remarkably anachronistic and it serves as a reminder of a society and economy that doesn’t exist anymore. I think if you live in North America, you should go see a rodeo as a reminder of who we once were. IMO, I’d take the rodeo over the modern CAFO operations that have replaced the cowboy and that way of life.