Who Will Survive The Wyoming Tourists Olympics?
It's rodeo season in Wyoming.
Tourists visiting The Cowboy State for the first time love to go and witness these authentic events in person.
Why stop there?
Why not have a rodeo just for tourists?
Better yet, let's call it The Wyoming Tourist Olympics
Real rodeo comes from the work the cowboys and girls actually do on the ranch.
So let's have some tourist events that do the same for them.
We'll start with GRIZZLY WRESTLING!
Much like learning to land an airplane, you win if you can walk away.
FLUFFY COW PETTING!
The goal is to approach a fluffy cow and get it to stand there and let you pet it while you take a selfie.
Points off for getting stomped, tromped, head-butted, or gored.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH CONTEST
This is for tourists who ignore the signs to stay on marked trails, get lost, and then spend weeks trying to find their way back.
Again, if you live you win.
ACID POOL SWIM!
Contestants will dive into a thermal pool, again one that has been clearly marked as dangerous with DO NOT signs, and if they can make it to the other side without dying they win.
Wyomingites can bet on who will live and who will die at the Wind River Hotel And Casino.
Another fun game for Wyoming residents is...
WYOMING TOURISTS BINGO!
Yes, they make a card for that.
HEY WYOMING!
Tourist season will soon be upon us.
That means it's time to play every Wyomingite's favorite game:
YELLOWSTONE BINGO!
This game makes for great family fun and also drinking games for you and your buddies down at the local saloon.
Just keep an eye, and ear, to your local news and start filling out the card.
Yes, we are making fun of other people's pain. We don't think it's a bad thing.
Each item on the card is based on something that really happened in Yellowstone National Park.
Actually, these things happen several times a year, so you know it's going to happen again.
The Yellowstone Bingo Card also makes for great office pool fun and drinking games.
You can spice the game up by giving extra points to whoever can guess when something will happen.
Can you guess what state or region of the country the tourist was from?
This game is free to play.
Just save the above picture to your phone, or print it out if you are old school and like carrying around a paper version.
Save news stories as proof of what you have marked off on the card.
My number one pick is "BUFFALO TOSSES MAN".
This is more fun for people in Wyoming than March Madness brackets.
Plus, this bingo game lasts all summer, unless we get some really stupid tourists early on.
Be sure to call your local radio station when you hit BINGO!
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Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
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