Koch's visit part two

Clowns playing with a calf

Casper the trick horse



On Friday, we went to the Fort Worth Stockyards. (Seems that we have taken everyone there that has come to visit.) We arrived around 3 pm to see the cattle drive. Then we did some shopping and ate at Riscky's Steakhouse. We wanted to kill some time before we went to the RODEO!! That was cool. I didn't think I would like it, but I really did. They had a woman ride a horse around the arena with the American Flag. That was very patriotic and touching. There was a trick horse that was an Albino and the woman that trained it was in Indian dress. That horse was very smart and beautiful. Of course there was bull riding, barrel racing, and the calf roping. I wasn't into that too much, but I did feel better seeing the calf run off after it was roped, so I knew it wasn't hurt. (and yes, I do eat cow, but I don't know its name or what it looks like before it becomes my dinner) ;-) The had a wedding party in there and asked the bride, groom, and bridesmaids to come into the arena. They made such fools of those people, but they seemed to have had a good time. There was a calf scramble. That is were they bring in little kids to try to pull a ribbon off the tail of a calf. That was hilarious.