Doug and Sam take the BTC bus down the rodeo road for a Texas trip packed with youth rodeo, old friends, world champions, Cajun cooking, historic artifacts, and stories waiting to be preserved.

The journey begins with a stop at the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where nearly 900 contestants, three busy arenas, and hundreds of breakaway ropers create one of the biggest youth rodeo gatherings in the country. Along the way, Doug and Sam reconnect with rodeo legends, meet Team Australia, talk military rodeo, and preview future conversations with names including Clarence LeBon, Tom Walker, Bob Schmutz, Rob Smets, Tom Kearney, Ronnie Bowman, and Missy Long.

Then it is on to Springtown, Texas, for Kelly and Charlene Clark’s Buckhorn Rodeo Reunion, where saddles, buckles, photographs, and memories raise an important qu ...