leg·end·ary
adjective
\ˈle-jən-ˌder-ē, -ˌde-rē\
: told about in a legend : very famous or well-known
I'm "fixin" to tell y'all about the Fort Worth Stock Show, of course. Where real cowboys meet city cowboys. {I'm stealing a few facts from a friend's blog for a few moments.} I had no idea that the FW Stock Show and Rodeo was the original indoor rodeo. I didn't know it has been around for 118 years. Shoot, I didn't know the Stock Show even had a tag line, let alone what it is. "This Is Legendary," by the way, is the official tag line.
I just know that every January Stock Show brings an off Friday from school for Stock Show Day. I also know that every year or so I bring my kids there to have a look-see. This year Zeke had a field trip scheduled, so Elijah and I tagged along.
Wouldn't you know the temperature a few days prior was in the 70s. The morning Eli and I arrived on the show grounds it was 20 degrees. NOT my idea of a good time. For those of of you who have never been to the FW Stock Show, there are lots of buildings, but there is livestock in most of them, so doors are open and it was as cold inside as out. We saw horses, chickens, rabbits, baby pigs, goats, sheep and cows.
Then we went into the rodeo arena to warm up. We watched the llama obstacle course. It was pretty comical to see these llamas being led painfully slowly through obstacles. I decided llamas must have a mind of their own, because most of them were a little persnickety. But it does look kinda fun to own.
By the time Zeke's class arrived it was a little warmer. The school buses were greeted by the cows, which Lijee gladly shared a hug.
After Zeke's class left Lijee and I hunted down the hugging cows like they were our prey. We followed them into here, where Lijee was sidetracked by the tractors.
I'm "fixin" to tell y'all about the Fort Worth Stock Show, of course. Where real cowboys meet city cowboys. {I'm stealing a few facts from a friend's blog for a few moments.} I had no idea that the FW Stock Show and Rodeo was the original indoor rodeo. I didn't know it has been around for 118 years. Shoot, I didn't know the Stock Show even had a tag line, let alone what it is. "This Is Legendary," by the way, is the official tag line.
I just know that every January Stock Show brings an off Friday from school for Stock Show Day. I also know that every year or so I bring my kids there to have a look-see. This year Zeke had a field trip scheduled, so Elijah and I tagged along.
Wouldn't you know the temperature a few days prior was in the 70s. The morning Eli and I arrived on the show grounds it was 20 degrees. NOT my idea of a good time. For those of of you who have never been to the FW Stock Show, there are lots of buildings, but there is livestock in most of them, so doors are open and it was as cold inside as out. We saw horses, chickens, rabbits, baby pigs, goats, sheep and cows.
By the time Zeke's class arrived it was a little warmer. The school buses were greeted by the cows, which Lijee gladly shared a hug.
The boys were glad to find each other.
And that concludes our Stock Show experience until next January.
Or the next time we go to Kansas.
