Cheyenne Frontier Days

Although one can easily get the impression that Cheyenne is a sleepy little town, during the 9 days of the "daddy of em all" rodeo the place is super charged. As many as 50,000 people attend the rodeo on any given day so every shop, restaurant, bar and motel is ready to welcome the visitors and sell them something. The huge boot above, like the cows in some cities, are exotically decorated and pop up here and there.
I have seen a lot of rodeos and, except for the size of the arena - huge - and the size of the bulls - likewise huge - this one was like the rest. Scary. In the saddle bronc pic above the rider was not trampled to death. The riders all, for the most part, manage to scramble away. When a rider is injured, it appears to be a kind of patch up and go injury. A broken arm is certainly nothing to keep you out for long. One rider who's face was injured by a bull said: he didnt squash my melon, just bruised it a bit. There are, of course, the catastrophic injuries but oddly, given what is taking place, those are not all that frequent.

Ask for " a packet" may be a common sight these days, I don't know, but this howdy partner sign in the ladies room did rather catch my eye.