Tennessee Rodeo

[wesfrye53]

Last night I drove a Shrine Group to Cookeville, Tennessee where the Putnam County Shrine Club was hosting a Rodeo. I was a bit excited as I had never seen one live. Being part of the opening festivities, the only picture I took among these is the last one so please forgive the lack of clarity.

There's always Clowns around at a Shrine event and here's a few that wanted to be Rodeo clowns:



Here's one trying to lasso......something....



Finally, the festivities begin with a Grand Parade:



Some of us got to ride in a wagon pulled by a pair of matched mules and were introduced to the crowd. Even though it's not very clear you can see a number of us haven't missed too many meals:



Well, our clowns never did impress the folks enough to get on the other side of the fence so they spent the rest of the evening entertaining themselves:



Now let me explain why there are no pictures of the actual Rodeo. I am going to have some type of surgery on my left knee (after 2 on my right knee) and when I got off the wagon to flirt with a cute little cowgirl, the wagon jerked as I climbed back on and I twisted the left knee even more. So....I spent the rest of the evening sprawled out in the van in misery. Guess that's my reward for flirtin'

 

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[Mona Lisa]

What'd you go and get hurt for Wesley? I guess you better leave those cowgirls alone from now on. 8)

Thanks for the pictures. It looks like a great time.

 

[fossis]

Hey Wes, get better soon, we'll be thinking of you.

Fossis................

 

[wesfrye53]

Err.....is that really Just Mona?...or could it be an imposter?

Thanks for the well wishes Fossis and Just Mona...or whoever you are!

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Wes, are you sure it wasn't the cowgirls cowboy boyfriend driving that wagon? Be careful would you please?

Thanks for the pictures, looks like there was allot of clowning around going on!

 

[RON (PA)]

Great pics. Looks like a lot of fun. Where are pics of the cowgirl . Get well soon. Keep you in our prayers.

 

[VanGone]

I enjoyed your pictures Wes,neat event. Hope your leg gets better for you.
Van

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Wes this looked like a great Rodeo !! I am so sorry to hear that you have hurt your knee, I sincerely hope that it feels better soon !!

 

[swampfox]

hey wes i know just how u feel . my knees hurt me all the time so take it easy and rub some pure castor oil on it . it does wonders. hope u hve good luck with the operation. hh swampfox

 

[wesfrye53]

Thanks for all the well wishes...I sure wasn't looking for sympathy but I am really appreciative of all of your comments. I explained what happened to explain why there weren't more pics of the rodeo...I just couldn't do it.

Many, many thanks to a fantastic group of folks!

 

[Cynangyl]

Looks like a great time! You are grounded til you see the doc! :P

 

[River Rat]

Still great pics, Wes! Hey the bull could had charged ya, or stepped on by a horse. Sorry, your knee is giving you problems. Rest up!! Too much excitement for ya!

RR