Sammy and the Rochester Rodeo

Last night we took Sammy to the rodeo at the Olmsted County Fair. Bernie and Mark came with us too. We'd never been to a rodeo before, so it wasn't always clear to us how the scoring was done...perhaps we'll have read the rule book. Luckily no one was seriously injured. The part we enjoyed the most was the horses running around the barrels. Sammy of course was in his glory...in a cowboy hat surrounded by fellow cowpokes.

Sammy enjoying the rodeo...

Sammy, Bernie, and Mark enjoying the rodeo...

Michele, Sammy, Bernie, and Mark...

A big bucking bronco...
...bucks a bold buckaroo...
...before a bevy of blaring bystanders...

A cowboy consoles an injured but unvanquished vaquero...

Does it matter if they lose their hat?

Two cowboys go to rope a calf...

The clown was quite athletic...and crazy...
...he climbed up one of the steel poles like the one behind him...

At the end, they all rode their horses in a big circle...
...raising a ton of dust...

A cowboy at the end of the day...