As some of you know, I'm away this week for a work conference. A couple nights ago I posted about a very nice welcome dinner we had. Yesterday was a long day with a working lunch and a working dinner. Today another long day but with a team building function this evening. We all went to a "rodeo"!!
I put that in quotes because the very concept of a rodeo is just so far outside this Boston girl's life experience. Who knew people still dressed up like old west cowboys and road bulls and roped little cows and did all that stuff????? Crazy, huh?
The dinner spread at this rodeo function for us was a short buffet including three different kinds of BBQ meat and one side choice: mac 'n cheese. No salad. No veggies. Meat and carbs. I'm not saying it wasn't delicious, but wow did I feel far from home! I feel closer to home sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Prague than I do in this foreign country known as Texas! 🤣
As for the rodeo ... well, I'm not quite sure what to think. I'm very much someone who tries to respect local cultures and I know that rodeo is very deeply ingrained in the culture down here. But, with that said, I couldn't even watch, never mind take pictures of the calfs being dragged, sometimes thrown, to the ground and then tied up. Not saying it's right or wrong, it's just way outside my comprehension. 🤷♀️
But, when in Rome, right?
Anyway, I've now been to my first rodeo ever. Are you doing anything interesting this weekend?
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When my son and I went through Texas we stopped in Ft. Worth. While I appreciate the culture and love the wild West and tough folks, we walked out of the rodeo.
I wanted my son to see one and he was mortified. When they started throwing and dragging the calves he was done. Poor kid. He still talks about how terrible it was 😂
@SW-User That's exactly the event that got me turned away from the rodeo. I spent the rest of the time there just mingling and talking with my colleagues and ignoring what was happening down below.
Btw, this was Fort Worth where we were last night as well. I assume there's only one rodeo arena there so we were likely at the same place. Kinda a cool area to walk around.
Give your son a hug from me and tell him that your taekwondo-loving Navy friend felt the same way he did. ❤️❤️❤️
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@sarabee1995 Aw!! That's so cool! I'm sure it was the same place!
Did you see the bulls walk through town? We ate at a place that had saddles as bar stools 😂
It's a cool town. Texas is truly cool. But yeah I don't see the need to throw and drag around calves. Kinda sad.
@SW-User No, we didn't get there early enough to see that, but people told us about it. I'm here in Texas on a work trip so we were busy all day and just went over to Ft Worth for the evening.
