Last weekend Luke and I drove to Clovis, NM for the rodeo. We mainly went to meet Luke's distant cousin Kelly, who is Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2010! It's quite and honor and big deal. We also wanted to catch a rodeo while out west. This wasn't a huge rodeo, but we did have a lot of fun.
The drive to Clovis looks like the picture below the whole way! Funny story is while stopped at road work for five minutes only one other car pulled up behind us. Soon the man from the car behind us tapped on Luke's window. Still can't believe it, but this guy is an Auburn Alum and just wanted to say hello and War Eagle. He was in shock to see an Auburn license plate out in the boonies on NM. Turns out he now lives in the tiny town of Lovington, NM. What a small world! Auburn people are great!
Luke's cousin Kelly is the one in the red shirt with yellow chaps. Next to Kelly on the her right is Miss Rodeo America. Kelly and Miss Rodeo America had to work the entire rodeo riding around sponsor flags between riders. They would fly around the arena going super fast (it was impressive).
It's hard to capture a bull rider without a bit of blur! I think the movement makes them look pretty cool though. We saw a lot of great rides.
This is a bucking bronco
I know this picture is dark, but it's bison up on a trailer. A women performs stunts on her horse and then had the bison climb on top of the trailer. After the bison were on top she and her horse joined them too. Also a very impressive sight. Bison are just cool looking animals period.
Ha! Y'all have found several AU folks out that way!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Rodeos! We used to go to the one in Montogomery every year when I lived with my parents. Really neat that Luke's cousin is Miss Rodeo NM!