Ride Em Cowboy!

Tuesday brought in our new neighbors - my sister Pam, her husband Dennis, and their two cats Spazz and Smudge.  Butch doesn't like the cats, but he loves Pam!  When we tie him up outside, he can go underneath our trailer to get to Pammy.  It's a tradition we have, that when one of us is camping, and the other one shows up, dinner is provided so that the arriving ones don't have to worry about cooking after traveling all day.  I had "no peek stew" (thank you Sally for that fabulous recipe!) ready.  Unfortunately it was a crazy evening, and we didn't get to eat until almost 8:00pm. 

Enjoying our beverage of choice for Happy Hour(s) after a long day of work on Wednesday.

We're glad that Spring Break is now over.  We love seeing all the kids in the park, but we're really looking forward to peace and quiet at the pool from now on. 

Pam and Dennis headed down to the Rio Grande Valley to see Dennis' folks before they head back to Missouri for the summer.  While they were away, Mark decided to put in a new electrical outlet in the kitchen area.  While easy in a house, it's a really tight squeeze in an RV.  He emptied all the bottom cabinets in the kitchen to run the new wire.  What a mess this was.  It gave me a chance to through away some stuff that never gets used.

The hardest part was having both of us squeeze inside cabinet doors so he could use the screw gun to tack up the wire.  These cabinet door openings are not wide enough for us.  

Saturday morning I headed up to the other end of town to pick up our rodeo tickets.  Pam had been wanting to see a rodeo, and as luck would have it, there was one this weekend in Goliad, about 25 miles away.  We opted for the finals on Sunday, which started at 2:00p.  The kid's mutton bustin' started first, and it was hilarious.  It might be illegal to beat 3- and 4-year olds, but it's is ok to strap them to a farm animal and have them take off across an arena, trying to hang on for dear life.

Most of these little guys fall off right out of the gate.  One managed to last almost 3 seconds. 

The bull riding was my favorite part until one guy got his hand stuck in the rope and he went around the arena dragging the ground while everyone was trying to help him get his hand unstuck.  He ended up being ok.

Wrestling a calf that just doesn't want to get on its back.

After leaving the rodeo, we drove around Goliad to check out another paddling trail.  After viewing the put-in and take-out spots, we opted to skip kayaking the San Antonio River.  Since there's been no rain this winter, most rivers are very low.  While this is probably ok for a hard shelled kayak, our inflatables are no match for trees sticking out.

We made it back to the park in time for ice cream(dinner) and a dip in the pool and hot tub.