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rodeo practice

My New England visitors and I missed the rodeo, which started just two nights after we were in town.

However, we were like moths drawn to the flame of arena lights across the road and went over to see what was going on. A very nice woman, who was holding a clipboard (the universal sign that a person is Definitely In Charge), let us hang around and watch the riders practicing the grand entry.

And like a lot of things that just fall into place, it was a highlight of our trip.

Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024

over to the sixes

In all my years of photographing west Texas, I’ve never made this (rather cliched) shot. It’s about time I did, though!

Guthrie, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024

travel options

Thank you, Oklahoma, for showing us which direction the horizon goes. I mean, I’m used to seeing it, but I bet those New England photographers I was traveling with appreciated the assistance.

Johnson County, Oklahoma
photographed 8.6.2024

one of us was confused

 

“So, I was drivin’ up through that Big Texan place and I swear there was a gal practically LAYING DOWN in a puddle. And she was holdin’ a camera, too. It’s the gol-darn truth. Mebbe she had one a them sunstrokes or sumpthin.” -this guy to his buddies

Amarillo, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024

hat/train

I feel like many of you woke up this morning wondering just how far down a dirt road I’d drive in reverse to get back to a cowboy hat that was nailed to a fence post.

All the way, my friends, all the way.

Deaf Smith County, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024