The National Western Stock Show ended this past Sunday. As usual, visiting the show was a fun way to spend the day. The show was great for people watching, and there was plenty of livestock to visit and competitions to attend. I imagine the sheep posing in the photograph on the left was dressed up for some sort of sheep oriented beauty contest. Dressing sharp is evidently important in these type of contests.
I took the photograph on the right of the brown billy goat inside the petting zoo. I didn't actually go into the petting zoo, since the line to get in was about two blocks long, and it was filled with roughly 20 zillion kids. But I was able to get a shot from outside the fence, and after cropping the photograph was able to see that the owners of that goat probably need to put the poor thing on a diet. Or else an exercise program at the local gym.
And for those who think the American Cowboy is extinct, a trip to the National Western will dispel that thought immediately. The West is still filled with them, although they mostly ride around in pickups instead of on horses these days. Of course, they probably are all Republicans, and will be voting for Donald Trump, but for 3 weeks we can certainly forget about politics and just enjoy life. Or maybe even for a lifetime.
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