Yeeeha!

Howdy Folks! On Monday 18th (Bank Holiday over here) we travelled just north of Vernon to the little village of Falkland (one street, that was it, honest!) where they had there 91st Annual Rodeo.

Wasn't sure what to expect but had a great time! Beer tents (Mr R), cowboys (me!) and cowgirl stunt riders (Mr R ...again!).


Very conscientious arena cleaning.....by tractor....

The bareback riding...they had to stay on for 8 secs and not many managed that! The horse gets him off and then 2 outriders quickly release the strap and he trots out of the arena...Apparently these horses can cost up to $50k and basically eat, sleep and make little horses between the weekends....Mr R thinking of reincarnating as one....

Cowboys! Real cowboys....with hats...and chaps....leather chaps....girls, who wants to come and visit....?!

And then we discovered the video function on the camera....

...This was the steer wrestling....

.....and sometimes the cow wins!....

....saddle bronc...extra help for the riders and boy do they need it!...

....intermisson...so what better way (?) to entertain the crowd than to get a bunch of small children and get them to chase some small cows with ribbons on their tails....the small cows must have been used to this as remarkably unfazed by the charge of the toddlers....oh, and the tantrums afterwards! .... from the children...not the cows....

...the best bit (for me) was the ladies barrel racing (I think Mr R enjoyed it too!) the rider we videoed was a bit on the slow side (?!) the winning time was 17.2 secs!

Now off to get Mr R a cowboy hat, chaps (leather) and some chewin' tobacco!!