Got up this morning and the increased warmth is incredible. Still a wee bit chilly in the mornings, but today it reached into the mid to high 70s at the rodeo. And the bright blue skies are incredible.
Went to 9 AM coffee in the clubhouse/auditorium. That's where you find out what is happening for the next few days. Coffee and doughnuts. Then walked around the outside roads of the park twice in the warm sun with Lary.
Then we headed off to the first day of the Tucson Rodeo. It starts at 12:30 noonish, and as we were waiting to buy our entry tickets for today, a man came up and asked us if we were going to buy tickets. He had 2 tickets to sell, in the second row, in a box, for $20 each. His friends had to cancel out as she went to hospital with heart problems last night. Tickets are non refundable, so we gained great seats for a decent price. And we sat with them, he's ex US Air Force. They are in a 5th wheel staying on Davis Monthan Air Base here in town. We were right in the dust zone, great seats, perfect to see everything. Nearly right down in the arena with the competitors.
First was 'mutton busting', where little kids up to 6 years old try to ride running sheep, recently sheared ones. They wear helmets, and hold on for dear life, but they always fall off nearly right away. It is so cute, and they get picked up and dusted off right away. After that it's Junior Rodeo, kids from about 6 - 12 do some form of rodeo events.
At 2 PM til 4:30 PM there are the professional Rodeo events, and a perfect mix of types of events, team roping, barrel racing, bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, and bull riding. Also there is a precision girls horseback drill team that performs at a gallop, and 3 horseback acrobats who are incredible, as they also perform everything at a gallop, doing flips, hanging off the side of the horses, standing, vaulting back and forth across the horse. There were 2 girls and a fellow, so impressive.
All in all a terrifically entertaining day. Lovely horses, very skilled cowboys, great announcer and a very funny principle rodeo clown. The announcer said that the highly competitive horses they ride are worth about $100,000 each!!!!! And of course the trade show on the rodeo grounds has tons of neat things to look at and drool over. Very pretty rodeo oriented art, as well.
Had steaks for dinner here, and did the laundry after that.
Nadia and Walter S may join us again tomorrow at the Old Time Fiddling Contest.
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