Rodeo time

The rodeo is an event not to be missed in the annual Houston calendar. It lasts for about 3 weeks at this time of year, and involves quite a lot... It is an agricultural show with cows, sheep and pigs, a carnival with lots of rides, a huge food court where you can eat anything (including deep-fried oreo cookies and pizzas on a stick), pig races, a pop concert, and a rodeo competition, all rolled into one big day out.

Highlights of yesterday included:
-an enormous long horn cow
-chicks hatching from their eggs right in front of our eyes
-mutton bustin (involving kids riding on running sheep and trying to hang on as long as they can-probably would be banned in the UK because of health and safety!!)
-calf scrambling (basically, teenagers running after calves and trying to pin them down)
-saddle bronc riding (cowboys trying to stay as long as possible on a horse going crazy)
-bull riding (same as the above, but on a mad bull!).

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