Growing up around the city there are some things I never thought I’d get into, like rodeo.
Little did I know it was in my blood. I started randomly sporting cowboy boots in high school, I love southern rock and a bit of old school country, and can’t resist a good barbeque. Maybe that doesn’t make me a cowboy, but my Dad certainly was. He is the only cowboy I have ever heard of to hail from the Bronx, and once in a while a story will eek out of the woodworks. Something about getting a bunch of ribs broken from a bull, having a silver tooth, a nasty cock named Sydney with the biggest spurs, and a horse that bit who needed to be bit back. All of this made my imagination run wild, and when I found myself in Upstate New York, there seemed to be a few people with common interest.
Almost every weekend in July and August the Painted Pony Rodeo in Lake Luzurne has a Western Rodeo and Texas BBQ going on. You can see bucking bronco’s, rodeo clowns, and lasso tricks after eating chicken, ribs, corn, and baked beans. After the show there is a saloon to get some drinks and do some dancing, if you’re up for it.
It’s a good ole time, and it is something different to do that can be easily paired with a visit to Lake George or tubing down the river with Tubby Tubes also in Lake Luzurne which is always a blast (there is often a Groupon for this, so look into that!!).
http://www.paintedponyrodeo.com/
http://www.tubbytubestubing.com/lazy-river-tubing-tubby-tubes/
Sorry but the first thing I noticed on this post are your boots and I absolutely love them:D. although I did read the post after that. great work!
Haha, thanks. They are the same pair I’ve had since high school still my favorites and in decent shape!
‘high school’ sounds so familiar, I have similar boots that i wore almost everywhere, did not even spare wearing them in the snow. We totally should connect:P