Rodeo weather'd out, sort of

Well the Taos Rodeo was scheduled to start a 2:00. Don't know which genius decided to do it that late as we enter monsoon season with afternoon storms. At 1:00 the clouds darkened, lots of lightning and thunder (a small forest fire started in Tres Orejas (three ears) about 25 miles away, smoke visible). We decided not to sit on metal bleachers under a metal roof, so we skipped the rodeo and hungry, we ate at 3:00 as the sun came out, of course. (Penne with crushed spicy Italian sausage and roasted red bell peppers and garlic-parma toasted bread).