Rodeo!

Yesterday went went over to the Ft. Worth Stockyards with Mark’s brother who is in town on business.  This is the first time I’ve ever been there, despite having lived in this area for 14 years when I was younger.  We had a great afternoon shopping and eating, and then we went to the Rodeo in the evening.

There was a cowboy riding his steer around in front of the rodeo arena. He offered Jack a ride, which Jack firmly declined.

The steer proceeded to leave a big pile on the ground that had to be cleaned up. This is, I suppose, just all in a day’s work for this guy, but YUCK!

This is not a good picture, but it was the only one I managed to get of Mark and Jack in their cowboy hats.

I fail to understand why anyone would choose to participate in a rodeo. These guys get thrown around so much, I can only imagine what their backs must feel like when they get older.  I wonder if they look back and think, “why did I do that?”