This weekend we went to the Los Fresnos rodeo and I'm here to tell you those are the toughest men ever! Just take a look at that bull's eye.....I see pure meanness. And after his time, that rider isn't losing any time getting off.
This was the first bull ride of the evening and if you look carefully, you can see blood coming from that cowboy's nose and mouth.
Saddle bronc riding.............., the cowboy has only the rein attached to the horse's halter to hang on to, so when the horse bucked him off, his hand was still wrapped in the rein and the horse dragged him all over that ring.
I guess that this is the idea, just lie back and go with the flow. That horse can sure get elevated, can't he.
It cost $20 for bleacher seats and I don't know how much for seats right up at the fence, but this woman is ignoring the angry bull and brave cowboy and appears to be texting.
The women trick riders were impressive too.
This is mutton bustin where the little kids try to ride the bareback sheep the way the cowboys ride the bulls. They wear helmets and protective chest covering and there are men all around to take care of any danger.
but.....
Outside the show ring there was a Alligator show where for $2 you could sit on the back of the gator.
Lets all pray for that little boy to grow up unharmed with parents willing to pay money for him do this. True, the gator's mouth is taped closed, but there is still so much to worry about there in my book.
By the way, that gator in the background is stuffed.
By the way, that gator in the background is stuffed.
This picture made me laugh because when I took it, I saw a cowboy on a bucking horse, but it looks like a man with a stick poking a two headed rider.
Mark Chesnutt and Craig Campbell were on stage after the rodeo but we went home.
What?
We're old, what do we care about young men strumming guitars and singing about how bad they feel when we have just seen the toughest men in the world get beat up by 2000 pounds of angry animal, and then stand up and walk away?
We had freezing rain a few nights ago. This is the orange tree in our yard.
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