Yeeeee-haaaw! I have been working at the Austin Rodeo all weekend. I have been thrust into the true Texan Experience. Austin likes to think of itself as separate from the rest of Texas, but the rodeo is on the outskirts of town and attracts the die-hard Texan fans. I have seen more cowboy hats, flashy belt buckles, and boots than I ever imagined possible. After a while I started to feel a bit self-conscience about my gym shoes. Texas state flags are flying all over the fair grounds. The smell of barbecue overwhelms the air.
Besides looking at the pigs, cattle, and steers, an obvious highlight of the rodeo is Whiplash. Whiplash is a collie-riding monkey. What next?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3716656868007810218
"Oh the Places You'll Go"
- Chicago and done.
- Mexico
- New York City
- McAllen/ Mexico
- Last time at Headquarters in Madison
- McAllen/ Mexico
- South Padre Island!
- Houston, TX
- The Island of Galveston!
- Buda/ Austin, Texas
- San Antonio
- Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas (after driving through Weiner, AR)
- Memphis, TN
- Fort Worth, TX
- Guatemala...without the vehicle!
- Dallas Area (Garland etc), TX
- Lufkin, TX (Heard of it?)
- Austin, Texas
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Columbia, MO
- Tulsa, OK (passing through)
- Austin, Texas
- Houston, TX
- New Orleans, LA
- Jackson, MS
- Columbia, MO (passing through)
- Omaha/ Lincoln, Nebraska
- Madison, WI (via Milwaukee!)
- San Francisco, CA
- Chicago
- San Francisco (...just can't get enough of this city!)
- Sacramento, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Los Angeles (Newport Beach Area)
- Las Vegas, NV
- Bakersfield, CA
- San Diego/ Carlsbad, CA
- Tucson, AZ
- Phoenix, AZ
- Irvine, CA
- Anaheim/ LA & a bit of Northern San Diego
- Tehachapi, CA
- Anaheim/ LA (our second home)
- Madison, Wisconsin (Oscar Mayer Headquarters)
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Anaheim, California
- San Bernardino, California
- Stockton, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Portland, Oregon
- (Medford area, Oregon)
- (Sacramento area, California)
- Los Angeles, California
- San Diego, California
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ogden (Salt Lake area), Utah
- Denver/ Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- (Tuseyan, Arizona--Grand Canyon)
- San Diego, California
- Tucson, Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona
- (LA, Califonia)
- BEGINNING: Madison, Wisconsin
- NEXT DESTINATIONS: Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas
