Dave Keiter, a volunteer cattle driver, rests against a pole at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Cattle Drive Breakfast July 13 (Photos by Airman 1st Class Daryl Knee).
A volunteer at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Cattle Drive makes preparations for the cattle drive breakfast July 13. The annual cattle drive is a CFD tradition that officially starts the events. More than 500 cattle were part of the drive.
Col. Gary Pond, Twentieth Air Force vice commander, rides a horse during the Cheyenne Frontier Days cattle drive. CFD is one of the largest outdoor rodeos in the world and draws more than 250,000 people to Cheyenne.
Cattle drivers guide the cattle out of the valley toward the road July 13. Once on the road, the cattle were driven toward Frontier Park on a service road alongside Interstate 25.