Dharani and I traveled across the mountains to eastern Washington for a day at the rodeo. Our day began with the more traditional rodeo events like lassoing calves and wrestling them down (totally not the right term, but you get the idea):
The mid-rodeo entertainment even included a wrangler who was able to get two large bison to patiently hang out on the top of a semi. I mean I have never tried that, but I can imagine it takes a bit of talent to do so.
We walked around the fairgrounds for a bit, saw some of the agricultural and animal displays and of course enjoyed a delicious funnel cake. Our visit would not have been complete without a visit to the cowboy bar, Behind the Chutes. We stuck out like sore thumbs since we were not in cowboy hats...
Although completely commercialized and sensationalized, we both had so much fun watching the Extreme Bullriding evening extravaganza (complete with fire and fireworks). There was even a bull that jumped over the outer fence and escaped before being caught by some of the handlers!
