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It takes a special kind of boy or girl, woman or man to appreciate the cow-hand and the work that goes into ranching, farming and rodeos. The rodeo is the\u00a0place where youngsters and adults can hone their skills, always maintaining\u00a0\u00a0respect for the power of the animals in their care. There’s just as much action behind the scenes preparing for the big day designed to entertain, educate and carry on the ranching & cowboy lifestyle that made California famous. While the mighty Mickey Mouse and beaches are big draws with tourists from around the globe, cowboys and the Old West have bigger-than-life personas with with international travelers who can’t get enough our true grit and Western lifestyle. It’s important to keep the traditions alive, and that’s one reason rodeos continue to thrive. \u00a0Here are some fantastic rodeos<\/a> to see this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It takes a special kind of boy or girl, woman or man to appreciate the cow-hand and the work that goes into ranching, farming and rodeos. The rodeo is the\u00a0place where youngsters and adults can hone their skills, always maintaining\u00a0\u00a0respect for the power of the animals in their care. There’s just as much action behind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17424"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}