Visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards
Having grown up in NW Louisiana, I’ve always had a somewhat negative view of Texas and in particular East Texas. Something about the combination of cowboy boots, oversized hats, and the linguistic drawl just always struck me somewhere between offensive and absurd.
Given this, then, the Fort Worth Stockyards were about the last place I expected to truly enjoy.
Showing up, we arrived just in time for the daily ‘cattle drive’ through
the streets of what was once an actual flourishing livestock market.
Today the area is more tourist-town than anything else, but much of the paraphernalia and cowboy vibe lingers yet.
And the great surprise? It was awesome!
A little over the top? Perhaps. But also a really worthwhile look at an iconic and oft-celebrated part of American culture.
A pretty urban landscape, and cowboy belts all around.
Oh, also, there was a rodeo inside of a bar. More on that later.
