Rodeo Princess

We had tickets for the stock show rodeo this afternoon. Marina put on her Jessie costume shirt, jeans and pink cowgirl hat.

Fortunately, the roads were fairly clear when we went out. It didn’t take us too long to get there. But we had a chilly walk to pick up our tickets. We got through the will call line quickly.

We started on the third floor of the main building. Marina headed immediately for the AG Adventure. Before we went in she stopped at the Colorado State University booth and talked with the students there. She still wants to attend CSU and study to be a veterinarian. She picked up information about that. Then we went into the AG Adventure. We learned about where our food comes from, saw a small hive of bees and Marina even participated in a giant Jenga game.

We stopped for lunch, then went over to the Events Center to see the baby animals, we met a few rodeo queens and walked through the stables where many horses were resting. Then we decided to go over to the Coliseum for the rodeo.

We were a bit early, so we settled into our seats and had a snack. We had a great view of the rodeo floor. Marina was excited when the show started. First up were the Westerniers – a group of precision horse riders. Then the rodeo started with bareback bronc riding. Then we watched calf roping, followed by saddle bronc riding. We also watched steer wrestling, barrel racing and bull riding. Marina’s favorite was the mutton busting.

After the rodeo was over, we went to the car. By this time the sun was out and the sun was melting the snow. We had to drive through a huge puddle in the parking lot!