On my way I saw a beautiful waterfall and amazing scenery. I had to take another pass but this one was only 9000 ft. Hey, I am getting used to this! When I was in shell I called the Flitner Family. They own a large cattle Ranch as well as a dude Ranch in Shell. Vicky had told me last week that they might let me stay on their ranch and help with a cattle drive. This was before I knew I was going to stay at Padlock. When I arrived in Shell, I rang the lady and she said that I needed to talk to the manager of the dude Ranch as he might be able to help me. I rang but got the voice mail so I decided to drive by. When I arrived, for some reason I felt that this was not the place for me to stay right now. I did have my cattle drive and it was time to move on to something new so I drove on to Cody.

In Cody, I saw that they have nightly rodeos so I went to the Rodeo Ground and talked to someone of the organization. I mentioned that I am a singer and that I would like to offer to sing the National Anthem. They loved the idea and so at 8 pm when the rodeo started and after the announcer said a prayer, I entered on a horse to the center of the arena while the announcer introduced me. I then sang the National Anthem for aprox. 1000 people and then canter out of the arena. It was a great experience! I was then able to watch the Rodeo. Having spent a day with the cowboys, I now understand why they do all these exercises and what the purpose of it is. Although I don’t really see the purpose of riding the bull.  I guess this is just to prove the manly hood of the guys.

When the Rodeo was finished, I went to a cowboy bar where they had live music and ended up doing the Two Step with a man who was a great dancer. So, I now know another dance!