Bull riding is a fascinating rodeo sport: a rider trying to stay mounted on the top rodeo bulls for as long as they can. But, usually the angry bull bucks off the rider long before it reaches eight seconds. One may think that it is eight seconds too soon, but when you are hanging by the bull with just one hand tightly fastened around the long braided rope, eight seconds can seem like a lifetime.
Abilene, Kansas is a relatively small town located along the Smoky Hill River in central Kansas. Driving through the streets of Abilene today, there is little to remind you of the wild and famous past of this quiet town.
Taking off your hat in the presence of ladies was a given when we were growing up, as well as when you got up to dance with one. But do you know more of the cowboy book of etiquette?
Buying a poster of a professional rodeo star should not be very difficult as there are a number of places that sell exciting such items. There are many cowboy posters as well as bronco riding posters as well as bull riding ones to choose from. If you are looking for some very good professional rodeo star posters then you should check out the works of Jack Sorenson who is a renowned Western artist and who also owns Leanin’ Tree, which is the largest of America’s greeting card companies with a Western theme.
Whether you’d like to “cowboy up” for a few days at a dude ranch or just grab some boots and dance to Western tunes along Main Street, Bandera, Texas has plenty of opportunities for you to get in touch with your inner cowboy. Families love the horseback riding and campfire cookouts at the dude ranches while couples enjoy the genuine honky tonks that line Main Street.
If you love horses and are thinking about purchasing a new one, consider saving a life, adopt a nurse mare foal.
You know I have just about heard enough about all these tough football stars who are paid millions of dollars to wear lots of protection pads and bump into each other on the field for 15-seconds at a time? Why? Well, I will tell you why, because the real men ride the rodeo and 15-seconds, hell 8 seconds is a literal eternity on a 6,000 to 8,000 pound bull of pure muscle that wants you the hell off of there.
It’s amazing that the small community of Douglas, Wyoming hosts the State Fair each year in mid August. This town usually contains only 5,000 people, but when fairtime rolls around that number swells.
In Pueblo, Colorado there is a State Fair that is filled with Cowboys, and Cowgirls and celebrates Mexican culture in Rodeos and an Annual Fiesta Day. This fair is held every year from late August to early September.
It’s time for the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition! Getting up with the roosters, pulling on cowboy boots and dusting off hats retrieved from the back of the closet - for thousands of people, these rituals spell the start of the annual 10-day Stampede when everyone is a cowboy or a cowgirl for the duration, whether a counterman at a fast food outlet, a bank president or a multi-millionaire oilman.
