Cody IS Rodeo!

When planning our trip to Wyoming, we saw lots of travel brochures mentioning the Cody Rodeo which takes place nightly from June until August 31st.  This is one attraction that the boys wanted to make sure that we took in as they love watching the cowboys and cowgirls in action.

Stampede Park where the rodeo takes place

Ready for the rodeo

We made sure that we arrived for the 8 p.m. show early so that we could get good seats and check out the venue before the actual rodeo took place.  The boys had fun checking out the horses, calves and bulls in their pens before the show.

The boys in front of the gate where the rodeo is held

Checking out the horses

Pretty horses

As the rodeo got started, our entire family enjoyed all the events from the bull riding, the barrel racing and the team penning.  The rodeo clown who hails from Minnesota was a HOOT!  The boys really enjoyed listening and watching his antics out in the arena.  Intermission was the boys' favorite as they called all the kids out to the area to try and catch the flag on the tails of two little calves.  It was so fun to watch all the kids trying their hardest to get the flags.  Jake had his hands on the flag once, but he just couldn't get it tugged off fast enough.

Ready for the National Anthem

Bull Riding

Taking off after the calves!

We all looked at each other after the rodeo was done and said that this event was a great way to spend a couple hours as it was family friendly and very entertaining.  We highly recommend the Cody Rodeo to anyone who wants to see a great rodeo!