Houston's Rodeo

Rodeo days in Houston are really big deals. It is quite amazing how the city comes to life in a "cowboy" mode. Starting off with the trail rides converging on Houston and making traffic  come to a standstill while they slowly meander along. to the wonderful chile cook offs. And of course I love all the Country music.
I do miss the times when I would take all my kids and spend all day at the exhibits, eating lunch and then enjoy watching the kids roll down the grass slopes over and over. Now, as they are all grown, when rodeo days come around, I  just get so sentimental.
This year, Violet is participating in the Loan-a-Llama program again. I can't miss that. It's more exciting than the Pig races with all the pigs that have politician's names. I don't know how they get away with that?
Well, rodeos have come a long ways from when I was a kid at the Sutter County Fair Grounds in Yuba City when I would ride my horse all the way to town to participate. I guess it was a 1 woman trail ride. I had my fun and won quite a few small prizes and had my losses as well due to my talented but stubborn horse Ringo.