Kat, growing up in Oklahoma, I got to see the real rodeo cowboys. Today's lot are just like the rest of the sports world athletes. That's not to say they aren't good. But rodeos came about so that the cowboys could show their stuff and have some fun on the weekends. I have an uncle who always did calf roping. Wasn't bad, but didn't win a lot either. The bull riding back then wasn't nearly as bad as it is today. Now and then you would see a really mean bull, but hell, no one could ride him, so it was mostly to see who had the balls to get on him. Aqua and I went to a rodeo here in WS a few years back and I was so disappointed in it. Mostly a show now days. Those old rodeos were a lot of fun.