Looking for adventure, Bo the armadillo follows a girl in red cowboy boots to the rodeo where he rides a bronco, eats chili peppers, and tries the two-step.
Clay's brother Dylan supports the family by riding in rodeos, and Clay has always wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps, even though Dylan won't allow it, but Clay decides to go against his brother's wishes and puts his life in jeopardy.
Still suffering from his mother's death and the subsequent alcoholism and estrangement of his father, a rodeo clown, Shane hopes things will be better when they go to live on a farm in Alberta.