06/02/2016 Saturday
We went into town this morning to discover crowds of people gathering for the “Western Heritage Parade and Cattle Drive”. This was an event in preparation for the San Antonio Rodeo and Stock Show which starts this coming Thursday.
We saw old trail wagons and people cooking various foods including biscuits which were something very similar to our scones. They being cooked in cast iron pots containing hot charcoal with lids that were also covered with the charcoal. The biscuits were save with gravy not cream and jam!
The animals were mainly long horn cows along with sheep, a lot of horses being ridden by all ages. We were surprised by how tame the long horns were with several of them being ridden by girls and children.
After the parade we ventured onto the river walk and took a very entertaining river boar tour.
We then moved on to the market which, while being heavily geared to tourists there was some beautifully made traditional clothing, pottery and jewellery. It was a very lively and popular place with lots of music and dancing going on. We had a late lunch of tacos at Viva Villa in the market.
Trust you both have your stetsons to hand for later in the week