We celebrated National Day of the Cowboy in Okeechobee, FL. It is the first time that it has ever been honored in a location east of the Mississippi. It started off with a hundred or so local cowboys and cowgirls from the various ranches in Okeechobee county, driving 50 head of cattle right down the middle of Hwy 70, moving east for 3 1/2 miles to the Agricultural Center. What a great facility this county has, the arena is covered, the 4H clubs and the FFA clubs had food concessions and there were other vendors offering so many different kinds of foods and drinks, it was hard to choose. There were cowboy poets entertaining the crowd, a world champion reining/working cowhorse and rider and then a rodeo featuring only the ranch hands from the various cattle ranches. It was great. 
This is the starting point by Flaggler Park. 
One of the antique wagons, shown above. Below the ranches showing their flags.
Just one of the local 4H girls giving pony rides to the kids. Her horse is a barrel racing horse, the mare has a 4 year old filly back at the ranch and this little girl broke and trained it by herself. She uses it for barrel racing, also. Lily is loving this. She was enjoying this day so much, it was really hard getting her to agree to leave.
We got to the fairgrounds at 10:30 and stayed til 4 pm. Things were not quite over with yet but we were all getting very tired and it was sure hot. Lily's mom arrived with little Max and Kelly from Ft Lauderdale, they also enjoyed watching the different activities going on and they hope to return for the Labor Day rodeo coming up in September. It was just a great day all the way around.
This is the starting point by Flaggler Park. One of the antique wagons, shown above. Below the ranches showing their flags.
Just one of the local 4H girls giving pony rides to the kids. Her horse is a barrel racing horse, the mare has a 4 year old filly back at the ranch and this little girl broke and trained it by herself. She uses it for barrel racing, also. Lily is loving this. She was enjoying this day so much, it was really hard getting her to agree to leave. 
We got to the fairgrounds at 10:30 and stayed til 4 pm. Things were not quite over with yet but we were all getting very tired and it was sure hot. Lily's mom arrived with little Max and Kelly from Ft Lauderdale, they also enjoyed watching the different activities going on and they hope to return for the Labor Day rodeo coming up in September. It was just a great day all the way around.
3 comments:
What a fun day!
Karen
This looks like a great event and I am sure Lily loved seeing it.
Sue, I will email the pics of Lily and Max when I get home tonight. They had such a great time and practised with their ropes all the way home. Lily keeps repeating things like "get steer number 7!" and "tie three legs", she is really into it, and keeps asking when the next show is:)
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