That night we went to the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo. Neither of us had been to a rodeo in a long time and it was fun! Those cowboys are crazy!! Man, watching their backs snap back as they try to ride a bull or bucking bronco I'm not sure how they come back to work over and over. One thing is sure - this is not work you do unless you love it!
The rodeo clown was fun, too.
We went to the Hot Air Balloon Rodeo early Saturday morning. It was really cool to see so many balloons together and up close and personal. They're HUGE!! There's quite a process to inflate one of those balloons and it really takes a whole crew. There were two hand painted balloons there and there are only about 4 in the world.
There were a couple guys flying balloons without baskets - they just had these chair things they sat in. I think they're pretty much crazy.
Loved seeing them fill up the sky!
We rode the gondola up to the ski area. Pretty up there but I'm not sure we'd pay for a gondola ride again.
And we walked around town - look who I ran into! Abe Lincoln and Ben Franklin and Dave found Mark Twain.
If you go to Steamboat you should eat at Winona's. Dave had pretty much the same reaction that Tiernan had to their cinnamon rolls. (Thanks for the tip Hanlins!)
The last day we went and relaxed at Pearl Lake for a bit before we drove home.
It was a lovely trip. The town itself wasn't our favorite mountain town but we really enjoyed going to the rodeo and the balloon rodeo and it's just beautiful up there. I kept telling Dave that they need accountants in Steamboat too so we should probably move there. He didn't really buy it though... ;)
