Went to a kind of modest celebration of Texas Independence in San Benito.
An earnest attempt was being made to re enact a battle that led up to the famous Alamo battle, but this man and his dog who were practicing a number of excellent dog tricks in the back field was stealing the show.
About all I learned from the whole thing is that a Texan is a person who is a resident of Texas, but a Tejano is a person of Mexican or Spanish ancestry but who was born in Texas. Not from Mexico.
We have been talking about going to the Rodeo at the Rio Grand Valley Livestock Show since last year. Opening day over the weekend was crazy so we chose a weekday,..less traffic. We read that Tuesday was Extreme Bull riding and also Mutton Bustin which is where little kids try to ride sheep the way the grown men ride bulls.
So, we get to the fair and find we have the wrong night.. Seems we can't even read a schedule right.
Well, anyway, we did see all kinds of entertainment that wasn't at the fairs when last we old folks went.....for instance this bungee jumping one. She bounces off the trampoline and she goes way up on those bungee cords.
Note the age of this kid.....around 5.
And this climbing wall....
Once again, notice that some of these kids..like the one on the right are somewhere around 5 to 7 years old.
And we saw a few animals but once again, Texans do it differently..There is a girl in this pen lying down with her pet hog who is up for sale...the pig is for sale, not the girl......I don't think.
And finally, a small consolation prize for our ill spent money, ($5 to park and $10 each to get in) we went to the pig scramble.
As I understand it, if you catch a pig, you get $125
contestants
the piggies
and this..
A disappointing evening.
Not disappointing though was the new flooring. That sad rug is finally gone and the new flooring only has one slight problem.
Howie slides all over the place trying to jump up into his chair.
I have ordered a nice rubber backed rug that won't slip to put in front of his chair. I hear you out out there groaning about the spoiled dog.
It amazes me that in every town we have ever been in that has a Liberty Tax business, they have found people to stand out on the sidewalk in that awful costume, hold this sign and wave to people all day long. I always feel so sorry for them...they must need a job very badly to do that.
Remember the picture I posted with all the grackles that fill the telephone lines all over downtown Harlingen? Many of the signs along the area look like this...covered with poop.
Happy St. Patrick's day.
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