Denver!

It is another new semester at the beautiful SUU! At the beginning, I was able to go on a trip to Denver Colorado with the Block and Bridle club ( I am a national member). We drove to Denver on Thursday and did a bunch of stuff over the weekend, and then drove home on Martin Luther King day. These are just a few pictures of what we saw/did :) One of the first places that we visited was Royal Vista Equine Breeding Center where in this picture is their first foal of the year.



We also went to a dairy, and I thought that the milkers were way cool :) The guy didn't seem to know very much about his own dairy, but we had fun anyway. Most of us just wandered off and played with the calves in their little houses.

Of course I made friends with a dog :) His name is Jake and he was hanging out with his owner at the stock show.

This is a bull.. we think or maybe a steer, that you could pay to sit on top of! So people had their little kids sitting all over it and stuff like that. He was gorgeous.



This is my very first time touching a calf! And it sucked really hard on my fingers... very slimy, yet satisfying :) I had a lot of fun. I sort of felt bad for the poor little guys....

We had a 9 hour drive to Denver (not including stops for lunch and potty breaks) and then we hung out at the hotel. We went swimming in the hotel pool (it was a La Quinta) and we had a ton of fun playing around. Unfortunately, the water was slimy and we aren't sure if certain rashes were obtained from it... Then on Friday, we toured the Equine Breeding facility, the dairy, Leechman's cattle, we stopped by a sheep feedlot and then went to the Budweiser brewery. We got to see the Budweiser clydesdales and they gave free samples to those who were 21 (only if they wanted it :)). Then that night we went to D&B's which is pretty much an adult chucky cheeses with a bar and arcade games and stuff. Saturday was the stock show and we were on our own to do whatever while we were there. We watched the horse jumping competitions, saw the show bulls, and saw some longhorn cattle! Then we met up with the group again and saw the Wild West Show where they had trick riders, ropers, and chuck wagon races. It was a ton of fun. Then we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and had the best steak ever! Sunday we went back to the stock show (some of us went home and slept for a while) then we went to the rodeo that night. It was my first rodeo and I had a ton of fun! My favorite was the mutton busting (and if you don't know what it is, they put kids on top of sheep and see how far they can go without falling off) Kaden would have loved it! And all the kids got huge trophies that were bigger then they were. We all decided to go bowling that night and had a ton of fun, then we walked back to the hotel and rolled down hills, and jumped lamp posts... it was great fun. Monday was another long drive back to Cedar City. I had the best time! It was definitely worth it to go my senior year. I'll post a few more pictures after this for the full effect :)