photos by David Halterman

Last weekend marked the 72nd annual Durango Fiesta Days celebration. This years events included the fund-raising pie auction, a Main Avenue street dance and the Fiesta Days Parade (including the telltale road apples up and down Fifth Street.) But without a doubt, the celebrations main event and crowdpleaser is always the ride 'em and rope 'em rodeos held at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Boots, buckles and brims reigned supreme as anything with four legs was fair game for competition. From the graceful precision of barrel racing to the white-knuckled grit of bull riding, this years Fiesta Days had more action than you could shake an electric cattle prod at.