Went to the Rodeo on Wednesday and Friday - the arena is HUGE! Frontier Days - definitely more than rodeo. Concerts, amusement rides, pioneer village, Indian village, and a hundred places to buy Western gear were all there. During the rodeo they had wild west reenactments, trick riding, trick roping, stage coach robberies - and a wild horse race! Have to admit it was HOT during the rodeo - dry heat feels just as hot as wet heat and add altitude to that and I was thankful for golf carts and motorized scooters - yes, I admitted to feeling it all...
The Navy Seals sent in their parachute team on Friday. It was so great to see them land in the arena! The night before they landed after the concert with fireworks!
On Wednesday there was supposed to be an Air Show with the Thunderbirds - unfortunately it was fogged in and did not take place.
Thursday morning we went to the parade - one of four during Frontier Days. What fun it was! You name it, it was in the parade!!!
And there was more!
After the Parade we toured the Cowgirls Museum - I was born far too late... Then we took a trolley tour of the city. There are several historic areas - Cattle Baron houses, Millionaires Row, and then some with unique architecture such as the house a four foot ten inch man built - tiny house number one! Would like to have toured the capitol building but it is undergoing renovations.
The Wrangler store is the place to buy your boots, shirts and jeans.
Above is a photo of some of the well maintained buildings in the downtown historic area. There is also the Atlas Theatre, built in 1887, that is being restored and is still being used for theatre productions. Of course we had to attend the "Melodrama" - a spoof that has been performed for 61 years during Frontier Days. It was so bad it was great!
We had a full three days in Cheyenne - a great city with friendly people. We just might have to plan another trip to see the rhings we missed.
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