I actually forgot to do this before I went to bed last night...sorry.
Today we did something we never do at home even though we could, and that was go to a livestock show. The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show was happening this week in Mercedes, so we thought we would go and check it out.
A lot of young people groom cattle, sheep, lambs, hogs, etc., for purposes of the show. I don't know everything the judges look for as they all look the same to me. Here's a Brahma contest. They parade them around the pen for the judges to look at.
There are photography and art contests with ribbons for 1st through 10th, there are contests for building BBQs from scratch, for creative wood products, like this unique dog house.
Gerard likes the tractors - reminds him of growing up on the farm.
He apparently also likes puppet shows. He was the only one watching.
This guy was carving things with a chainsaw. Interesting.
Kinda how we felt when the day was done.
It was a fun day. We went early and there weren't that many people there.
Today we did something we never do at home even though we could, and that was go to a livestock show. The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show was happening this week in Mercedes, so we thought we would go and check it out.
A lot of young people groom cattle, sheep, lambs, hogs, etc., for purposes of the show. I don't know everything the judges look for as they all look the same to me. Here's a Brahma contest. They parade them around the pen for the judges to look at.
There are photography and art contests with ribbons for 1st through 10th, there are contests for building BBQs from scratch, for creative wood products, like this unique dog house.
Gerard likes the tractors - reminds him of growing up on the farm.
He apparently also likes puppet shows. He was the only one watching.
This guy was carving things with a chainsaw. Interesting.
Kinda how we felt when the day was done.
It was a fun day. We went early and there weren't that many people there.
I understand Gerard likes cows, too! Looked like a pretty good livestock show.
ReplyDeletei can definitely relate to Dad's affection for heavy machinery.
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