So guys welcome to the Wild West the Fort Worth Stockyards this national
historic district is just north of the Fort Worth City Center in Texas and the
reason why is so historic is because this is basically cowboy country
everything that you associates with the wild wild west is here in the 1800s this
was an important trading place for cattle especially with the arrival of
the railroad and that's pretty much the main attraction here the most famous
thing about Fort Worth Stockyards is the cattle drive this is where they parade
the cows through the streets and look at the amount of people have turned out
just for this I must admit it's pretty surreal because obviously we don't see
cows roaming the streets every day but this is one of the main draws here at
Fort Worth Stockyards and I gotta admit it's kind of cool apparently there's a
historic reason for this but I've yet to figure that out and I heard that it was
a bit of a cowboy town a bit of a western town but
didn't realize how much of a western town it actually was and it's pretty
evident that this is the preferred mode of transport here at the Forth Worth
Stockyards which is kind of cool now whilst you're wandering the streets
you'll quickly realize from the paraphernalia that they're selling
do the things that are displayed in their windows to the actual buildings
themselves but you're in one specific place yes you're in Texas and secondly
it is actually a western town everything is pretty much intact everything's still
made of wood the brick cobbles on the floor are still the ones that were there
a hundred years ago and this plenty of things to see and do here you can go and
ride mechanical bulls if you want to get lost in this wooden maze just because
and even drop off the kids to the petting zoo so that they can pet sheep
and goats and whatnot but one of the more fun things is to actually ride
steers
right let's move the right leg over okay
so you know just riding a steer today how's normal you know it's a normal
thing to do riding a steer I milked this thing for all it was worth and when it
was over I really did not want to get off this thing this thing's pretty cool
but when you get a chance check out the stockyard station this used to be the
railroad station that goes through the town but now they've converted it so
that you've got lots of cool bars and shops for you to shop and eat at from
sweets to stare heights just in case you ever wanted to buy a steer height it's a
Spurs I think the Spurs anyway I'm not entirely sure but the point is you also
get to meet some interesting characters here now these guys were posing for
pictures and I thought I'd join in guys these are my new friends say hi to
everyone on YouTube I'd highly recommend checking out
poorni Bill's rodeo show this year typical cowboy rodeo show where they do
things like trick roping trick shooting with typically western-style shooters
and side saddling riding horses on their side and afterwards you get to go and
congratulate and meet the performers which is cool you assume that this place
would be quite Western but you don't realize how Western it actually is until
you get here remember those friends from before turns out that actually actors
who like to shoot each other in the middle of the street for your
entertainment purposes I decided to watch the cattle drive again because it
is actually a cool thing it sounds lame in theory but to be honest I enjoyed
every second of it just watching Cowboys steering steers all the way down the
streets I highly recommend going to Billy Bob's Texas yes it's actually
called bass this is the world's largest honky-tonk a place where they have music
alcohol and swell line dancing yeah you can even learn how to line dance here so
that's kind of cool you can wash the bull rodeo which was on
when I went and there's lots of famous people that have come here
quite literally quite a lot of them I want to come here what do I do
well firstly you have to get support Worth Stockyards it's north of the city
center and for me it took about 40 minutes just to get here from Dallas
Airport the stockyards itself walking around the shops and seeing the cattle
parade cost nothing cost absolutely nothing you'll have a great day out just
by not spending money which is which makes a change really Pawnee bill
Showground me about 15 20 dollars and there's also a rodeo here that's every
Friday and Saturday today's Sunday so I completely missed it
and there's other attractions here too in Fort Worth that don't cost that much
money so guys if you do like the western scene
if you like Cowboys or if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a cowboy
come on down to Fort Worth Stockyards it's free it doesn't really cost
anything it's made of a drive to get here but definitely definitely add this
to your bucket list guys thank you very much for tuning in to another episode of
ultimate looking list if you've got any comments or questions comment on the
comment section below and if you've got any other ideas as to what size of my
bucket list feel free to tweet at me if you'll get enough suggestions I will do
it what's in the meantime thank you very much for watching and we'll see you in
the next episode now you're probably wondering then why
the hell you're wearing a Stetson well everyone is I think this is one of the
only places in the world that you can come to where you can wear one of these
things and not look like a complete idiot so yeah by the way I love this hat
costing about $40 but I absolutely love this hat everyone here is wearing a
Stetson so I thought I'd I'd kind of fit in
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