During rodeo weekend in St. George, Utah, The Book Bungalow will host yours truly as “Poet on the Patio” Saturday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. Rodeo has been the inspiration for a good many of my poems, ranging from humor to thoughtful to ponderings on how the sport challenges home and married life.
My long-ago rodeo travels did not take me to St. George for the PRCA rodeo—an event that’s still going strong and will be held that weekend. But I did compete in the Dixie College rodeo there a few times as a member of Utah State University Intercollegiate Rodeo Team, and in 1973 won the bareback riding there. I still wear the trophy buckle on occasion, although my belt back then wasn’t as long as it is nowadays.
If you are anywhere near the bottom corner of Utah that weekend, please drop by the patio out back of The Book Bungalow, located at 94 West Tabernacle Street in St. George, Saturday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. Bring your friends. Bring your neighbors. Bring a smile (if you don’t bring one, come anyway—we’ll try to send you home with one).
Always enjoyed going to ride on the grass at St George! fun times! Good luck with your show Rod!
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Right you are. If memory serves (sometimes questionable) the Sun Bowl in St. George was the only grass arena I ever rode in. Unfortunately, it's dirt now.
DeleteThe Pendleton Roundup is still on the grass. Definitely should be a bucket list rodeo.
ReplyDeleteI've not been to the Round-up, but visited Pendleton a while back. Saw the Round-Up museum and stopped by the arena. The race track rails were down, but other than that it looked like the pictures. I would love to go back at rodeo time. Could be the strangest set up for a rodeo I've ever seen.
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