After the usual twofer buffet, it was back to old whine, "What are we going to do today?" This was easily answered - we were at the South Point, a newer casino at the South end of the Strip. Home to plenty of the cowboys in town. This casino was the venue for the Team Roping Championship and it was being held in the built in Stadium at the back of the casino. Amazing just what is in these places. There were stalls for 1200 horses in the parking garage and these players were in for the whole ten days of the event. Paying a $2,000 entry fee they get three steers to rope. The teams that managed to rope all three steers went into a runoff and the quickest ropers move into the finals for the $100,000 prize. It was surreal to see all these common folk sitting next to you at breakfast and then we'd see them on their horses roping at a feverish rate. The pure American Dream. A vey interesting and different way to spend a few hours
Evening comes around and we are off to see Terry Fator, he of America's Got Talent fame. Winning the first prize of $1million two years ago he has now landed a ten year contract at the Mirage. Ninety minutes of very clever and funny impressions ventriliquism and very good singing.
After the usual twofer buffet, it was back to old whine, "What are we going to do today?" This was easily answered - we were at the South Point, a newer casino at the South end of the Strip. Home to plenty of the cowboys in town. This casino was the venue for the Team Roping Championship and it was being held in the built in Stadium at the back of the casino. Amazing just what is in these places. There were stalls for 1200 horses in the parking garage and these players were in for the whole ten days of the event. Paying a $2,000 entry fee they get three steers to rope. The teams that managed to rope all three steers went into a runoff and the quickest ropers move into the finals for the $100,000 prize. It was surreal to see all these common folk sitting next to you at breakfast and then we'd see them on their horses roping at a feverish rate. The pure American Dream. A vey interesting and different way to spend a few hours
Evening comes around and we are off to see Terry Fator, he of America's Got Talent fame. Winning the first prize of $1million two years ago he has now landed a ten year contract at the Mirage. Ninety minutes of very clever and funny impressions ventriliquism and very good singing.
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