This is what one Texas family looks like:
You get up when it's really cold and get your horses and tack ready. You load them in the trailer and head for Rose Palace rodeo grounds. Almost everybody goes--both parents, an aunt and uncle and cousins. a granddaddy who's a lifetime rider; two grandmothers.
Bonnie and Elena both do the same events today. It's a course of maneuvers, very slow and precise. Each rider is given a chart with visual representations of the moves: when to trot, when to slow down, and how to tackle each of the challenges. A non-horse person like myself cannot tell how well they did, but by all accounts Tia Titi and Mom and Elena all do well.
Elena's brother can't be here until later; he's busy rebuilding his pig's pen. The auction is Tuesday. "I miss Nathan!" she says when she gets the word that she did a successful run. So she calls him on the phone and he promises to come as soon as they are finished.
Tomorrow's event is similar to today's, but faster.
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