As always, click to enlarge photos...
So, in May we went to Redding and stayed at Jeff and Ann's house in Palo Cedro, and went to the annual Redding Rodeo! Here we are in the stands. I lost my lenscap.
It fell down in the stands and I did not go look for it.
Rey, who had some blue ice of some kind, was very interested and attentive, and took more than 100 shots with my digital camera during the spectacle.
Yes, he turned his tongue totally blue. Dude.
Rodeo is really pretty fun to watch. Cruel? Maybe yes. Spectacular? Sometimes.
Barrel riding is mega awesome...
Rey's favorite part was the one armed cowboy who herded two giant buffalo onto the top of his truck. He loved that part.
Bull riding is scary. Very very scary. I do not care to try this.
Nicholas got very very tired. Oh so tired.
The next day, Lisa made a silly face.
Carolyn tried to stay cool.
She succeeded, and was fresh as a daisy later. I love that woman.
The sisters hugged and everybody said "awwwwww".
Meanwhile, Rey twirled his thingie,
Nicholas prepared for battle,
And gave it to Jeff (I told him to wear a cup...).
Afterwards, he took his frustrations out on Mr. Semicolon.
hehehe.
And finally, Rey spent a good bit of time working on his favorite activity...
Until next year! No more Rodeo. It was fun...but will we go again? There is some debate. Some members of the family feel it is too cruel. Others...not so much. Can you guess which?
Bye bye!
Posted by tom at August 25, 2008 09:31 PM