The National Western Stock Show Parade

The National Western Stock Show Parade took place here in Denver yesterday afternoon, featuring horses, floats, and bands, in addition to the main attraction: several dozen longhorns leading the way down 17th Street in downtown Denver. All to celebrate the start of the National Western Stock Show, which runs from January 10th thru January 25th and is a major event here in Denver.  I have this parade circled on my calendar each year, hoping to take a head-on photograph of those longhorns marching down 17th Street with Denver's Union Station in the background. And failing each time. Last year I was in position to take that photo and it turned out that the cattle were not in the parade because they could not be transported to Denver due to a snowstorm. And this year, I had to wait for the plumber to fix several issues in the kitchen and did not have enough time afterwards to head downtown. Of course, even if I had, the shot I wanted to take would have required me to walk into the middle of 17th Street as those cattle approached, which probably would have gotten me arrested. And so instead, I am featuring a photograph of that parade that I took back in 2020, right before the start of the pandemic. It is not the head-on shot I wanted, but it is better than nothing. And definitely better than being arrested.