Spring Break -- Rodeo

During spring break we took our Granddaughter to the Houston Rodeo -- well, not to the rodeo but to the rodeo grounds where we toured the arenas, looked at the animals, the exhibits, the carnival, etc. She had a great time but we were oh, so tired when we finally got back home!

The first thing we saw was an exhibit from NASA, complete with a moon walker. V loved having her picture made with this over sized creature.



We saw a good number of old tractors -- they had been rebuilt by students in the FFA (Future Farmers of America) classes.

We were able to watch some of the steer judging. These animals were shown by young children, from elementary through teens. The steers weigh between 1,000 and 1500 pounds and some of the children were quite small. One steer decided he didn't want to participate and he got rather frisky. After dragging his owner, a small girl who weighed about 75 pounds, he got away and started looking for a way out of the arena. It took 4 men to corner him and return him to the proper place.

We also saw goats, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and rabbits, but we missed the llamas and alpaca because we were in the wrong building. The quilt show winners were exhibited as were the pieces of art done by local students. Some of the art work was really outstanding and several sold for record breaking prices. The winners of the various events don't get all the money -- some of it goes to the students and some to the scholarship program.

A lot of fun -- we will have to plan to do it again next year!