There are certain stereotypes associated with Texas – and particularly Dallas – such as Instagram-famous cheerleaders, oil rigs, and cowboys everywhere.
I try really hard to dispel these stereotypes and convince my friends that Dallas is a modern, progressive, and huge city (instead of a country backwater).
…and then I spend my weekend cowboy boot shopping for a rodeo.
At least it was a gay rodeo.
We went to the Texas Gay Rodeo Association‘s Rodeo & Music Festival last Saturday. It was held at Texas Horse Park, which I’ve never been to before.
It was my first time at the rodeo, which reminded me of that epic Pepsi scene from Mommie Dearest:
The rodeo and boot-shopping experience was a tad less dramatic than that, but still fun.
Some fancy baby blue cowboy boots at the Mesquite Boot Barn store.
Some pretty colorful green neon cowboy boots at Mesquite’s Boot Barn.
Neon cowboy boots at Boot Barn in Mesquite, Texas.
Opening ceremonies at the 2016 Dallas Gay Rodeo