If they are driving slow and wearing a cowboy hat, It’s Frontier Days
I am about ready to snap.
I’m not talking about the finger snapping, good time kind of snap either.
It’s the bad type of snap.
In Wyoming we have three seasons. Winter, Road Construction and Cheyenne Frontier Days otherwise known as the Daddy of Them All.
Somewhere in Cowboy legend, this Rodeo is supposed to be the one that started it all. Kind of like, some weird type of evolution.
What does this mean to me? It means I have to put up with loud Cowboy Music at Night, drunk Cowboys, and slow Cowboy drivers. That is what is going to send me over the edge. I was driving to Work, and all the sudden, I had two people in front of me, going 10 miles below the speed limit. I look, sure enough they had 1) out of state license plates, 2) Cowboy Hats on, 3) had grey hair, and 4) were driving trucks.
They are arriving, and I am dreading every one of them.
The only think that makes this even remotely OK is the Free Pancake Breakfast
Free You Say?
Pancakes You Say?
Breakfast You say?
Oh, there’s nothing like mass produced pancakes, tough, grizzly ham, and the same Chugwater H2O band that’s been doing entertainment since I moved here.
Good Times.
Oh, and due to the fact that I have some killer chops (that are trying to join forces to become “Amish Beard!(tm)” (credit to Kelly for the name)) I was volunteered by many of the girls in my branch to be in the parade. See, my branch has to man the handcart during the last parade of “Frontier Days”. In the fine tradition of a singles branch, I’m one of three men who volunteered (or were forced to volunteer), there are like, 12 girls.
We are letting people here know that Polygamy is apparently still popular.
Oh, and I need to know, since I’m going to be in the parade, that means I can now go get myself some overalls, right?
I mean, what man doesn’t look dead sexy in some overalls? I’ve only been able to find them at WalMart (not a good sign), but I figured I’d ask ya’ll what you think.
Should I get the overalls?
Dead Sexy?
Dude, Frontier Days rocks! I don’t think anyone truly appreciates Frontier Days until they can’t go anymore. Then you just have to make fun of the dumb Utah celebrations like “Onion Days” because everyone down here thinks those rock, but they haven’t seen anything until they’ve seen Frontier Days
I’m a fan of a close fit white T shirt and a pair of dark dungarees with fat cuffs. They will go perfect with your chops!
So are you going to give me credit for Amish Beard, or what? 😉
We always got the last Thursday and Friday in February off of school in Tucson for La Fiesta de los Vaqueros. AKA Rodeo Days. I didn’t like the cowboy culture or the rodeo, but, hey, 2 days off of school!
Oh, also, overalls say more “hayseed” than “cowboy” to me.
But then I’m not a big fan of supertight dark jeans either.
Really, the whole cowboy/farmer aesthetic doesn’t do much for me.
i’d like to mock the overalls, but i don’t think i can because growing up in salt lake, i cherished “pioneer day”.
and once you’ve paraded down main street in a bonnet, you revoke all rights to judge ANYONE.
Well…I for one would throw myself at you with reckless abandon the moment I saw you along the parade route, carting along your harem of “wives”…yelling: “Leave them, my sweet! I am better than they all!” Wouldn’t that just be fantastic?? Or am I on drugs?? lol jk I’d say go for the overalls…if just for laughs. ~~
Michael: You are on drugs. Go off on your mission already! Learn that Frontier days is evil. I think that’s like the third discussion, or something.
Kelly: I gave you credit 😉
Trixie: I am supposed to be a pioneer, not Elvis or the Fonz 🙂
Kat: Go ahead, mock the overalls. What? IS there no mockage? I mean, how can you go wrong with a garment that has a huge pocket up FRONT!
Did I mention I like pockets before?
Stef: I don’t know if you understood. The Harem would be pulling me.
I think I’ll have them feeding me grapes, or something else… some other fruit?
I think I’ll sit in the back of the handcart 😉
Hey if you are going to look Dead Sexy! Then you should wear the overalls. But you are going to be pulling a handcart don’t you think that you should look more like a cowboy and not a farmer. The overalls say to me Old Man! You are not a white hair old farmer. Go with the old west cowboy outfit.
Nicole: You think Overalls are dead sexy? Or the cowboy look?