Strawberry Days Rodeo
There’s nothing quite like the experience of a rodeo date night, and the Strawberry Days Rodeo is one of the best. This date idea is a cultural experience that will leave you wanting to head to the Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days Rodeo each year! 
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Strawberry Days Rodeo Date Info:
Website: Strawberry Days Rodeo
Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days
I bought our tickets in advance, something I’d highly recommend because they sell out the day of.
Strawberry Days
I kind of adored that they advertised it as a great date, with a date meal special ready to go.
We were lucky enough to double with two of our favorite people on the planet. We were able to steal them away from their twin toddlers for the night and laugh and catch up. They moved to Utah after a grad school stint in AZ, and I’ve been friends with the husband since high school. She did our wedding flowers, and taught us how to refinish our cabinets. I can’t say it enough- we love our Seales and wish we still lived in the same state!
Oh man, being first-time rodeo attendees made us sad we didn’t jump on these sooner, they are so much fun!
The patriotism of small towns we adore, and it was awesome to see the National Anthem be played and a prayer be said publicly before the event.
It was also amazing to see the many events! I couldn’t get over the variety and excitement of each event. It started with bareback riding where it’s timing how long a rider can stay on the horse.
We watched team cattle roping.
And cattle wresting (and apologies to my PETA friends for posting these pics).
The surprise favorite event- wild cow milking. You read that right. A wild cow is released, and a team has to catch them, hold them, and milk a certain amount of them. The first team to finish wins the event. This may be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life!
Rodeo Date Night
Learning about the “8 Second Rule” made that Luke Perry movie title make so much more sense.
Of course, there was the rodeo clown show, which I didn’t have many expectations towards. It really was hilarious and this is probably the best-trained horse with the most amount of tricks you can you imagine.
And then it was back to the events- including single cattle roping.
And barrel racing- which took place just feet away from us.
We were all smiles people watching and eavesdropping on conversations. The two of us live very different lives than the folks in Pleasant Grove, and it was truly fun to hear a different way of speaking/living/interacting with others.
The rodeo was enough, but watching fireworks in 70-degree weather when it’s 100 degrees at night back at home, was the perfect ending to what I think may be the perfect summer date.
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rodeos are so much fun!! I don't think I could be Texan if I didn't think so!
I'm not a fan of rodeos but glad that you had a great time. I do however love fireworks. Fun!
I love the rodeo!! I can't wait to go again soon. I saw the Eli Young Band the last I went! 🙂
Looks like y'all had a great time, I've never been to rodeo always wanted to go some how never managed when I lived in Calgary where they have lots of rodeo 🙂
It looks like you had such a blast!!!
I have so much fun every time I go to a rodeo! they are so much fun! (and can i say that your dress is adorable? )
It said my comment posted when I wasn't finished hahah so I'll do it again because I don't see it above.. but yay for $5 Walmart hats!! This looks super fun!
I haven't been to a rodeo, but I love horses! I hope they were treated well after all the rangling!
i've never been to a rodeo, but this looks like a ton of fun!
I've never been to a rodeo but it looks interesting. Wild cow milking… haha
I love rodeos! My brother is actually a saddle bronc rider in rodeos all over the US 🙂 You might have seen him there 🙂
so fun! i love that you guys dressed the part…this date idea is great 🙂
Looks like fun! I've never been to a rodeo. It's on my to-do list!
Lived in TX my whole life and never been to a rodeo!
I've never been to a rodeo but I'd love to. It seems so exotic and interesting!