A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Houston, United States by TravelPod blogger Carrieandbob titled "Houston Rodeo". TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Carrieandbob's travel blog entry: "Finally out of Florida: Houston Rodeo and Big & Rich Finally a blog that doesn´t center on the "F word"! Yes, we finally got the RV back and have moved on from "F" lorida. We are in Galveston, TX right now. Bob has to fly back to NJ from Houston for some business, so we are here until he returns in early April. We happened to get to this area during the annual Houston Rodeo. This is a huge event in Houston that lasts a couple of weeks. So big is it that Reliant Park and Reliant Stadium were designed, in part, with the Houston Rodeo in mind. It turns out that one night at the rodeo was Extreme bull riding and a Big & Rich concert at the stadium. We are fans of both, so we hunted down some tickets and got great seats in the 14th row, right by the chutes where the bulls are released. We got to see some of the world´s best bull riders on some of the world´s most difficult bulls. For those of you who don´t follow the sport, the rider and the bull each get a score for a qualified ride-the riders for their style and ability to stay with the bull, and the bull for the amount and type of action (jumping, twisting, variety of action, etc.). A ride qualifies if the rider stays on for 8 seconds. Some of the bulls we saw at this event had never been ridden for a qualified ride ...
