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Well, it’s February 23, and if you’re a Texan from Texas like me, that can mean only one thing – it’s GO TEXAN DAY! Yee-Haaw!

Even the traffic in to work this morning seemed lighter than usual; guess they’re all out on the trail rides. Yep, that’s the life. Sleepin’ under the stars, sittin’ around the campfires, eatin’ those traditional trail suppers of beans and grits, gettin’ up at four in the morning to saddle the horses, uh, cleanin’ up AFTER the horses, and - hey, what happened to all my “g’s”?

Yessiree, if you’ve never done any of those things, you ain’t lived! At least, you ain’t lived like a crazy person! Hey don’t get me wrong – I think it’s great if a certain segment of the local population actually LIKES doing that stuff, but I’ll take my nice warm bed every time. Besides, sometimes the weather might be unseasonably warm, like it was this week (up in the low 80’s), but it never fails to rain at least some of the time.

For those of you who might not be from around these parts, once a year the rodeo comes to Houston-town, which means this week a bunch of enthusiasts pack up the mules and ride a three- to five-day trail (they use the streets now, but what the heck) from the surrounding areas toward the Rodeo site (it used to be the Astrodome, but now they come to the Reliant Center). I’m sure it’s a lot of fun, not to mention a pleasant change of pace, uh, if you enjoy that sort of thing.

So, today my hat’s off to the trail riders and rodeo folks, and may your horse always be “hoof-side” down (because believe me, you wouldn’t like the alternative)!

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