Saturday, February 2, 2008

San Antonio Rodeo!

Today was the first weekend of the Rodeo here in San Antonio. The entire city is tranformed into an authentic "Cowboy town"...everywhere you go you see people in western wear, as well as displays in stores, etc. Even at school, this week is our Cowboy Breakfast for dads, and various western themed events.

I had ordered our rodeo tickets online last month, so today we got to see it for ourselves. The rodeo was great, although I didn't see much difference in this and the Denver rodeo which we used to go to in Colorado (except for the fact that they opened up the rodeo with prayer...REAL prayer to our heavenly Father!). What was different, though, was everything else that went along with it here. After the rodeo was over, we got to see Alan Jackson perform in a concert, which was great! Then we went out to the grounds to explore...there was so much to see! There were lots of areas with displays that reminded me of a county fair, as well as every kind of food you could imagine. Larry and I ate at one of the many barbeque tents, and the food was great!


The picture to the left shows one of the kids areas where they were teaching roping as well as other things. There was also a huge carnival, bird show, petting zoos and a craft fair. I'm sure this will become a new Texas tradition!

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