In which Texas is home to a bunch of very friendly equine folks!
I managed to find horses in the middle of downtown Ft. Worth (okay, it was actually in the historical "Stockyards" district, but still well-within city limits) which was good.
The livery in the Stockyards houses all the animals used in various parades and other tourist-y activities. We even met the bulls that get saddled up so folks can have their photos taken while sitting on a realio trulio bull, while assisted by a wrangler (high school kid) and surrounded by dance hall girls (colllege kids). These bulls are born and raised in the Stockyards, and are exceedingly tame. They live mostly indoors, which is kind of sad...on the other hand, one of the bulls we met is 17+ years old and still "working" (i.e. standing around smiling for the camera) one day each week. So it's not a terrible life.
We also saw the traditional Way-Out-West pack animal
Wait. A camel?
Apparently, "Truffles" is part of the petting zoo, as is the camera-shy "reindeer&qu…
The livery in the Stockyards houses all the animals used in various parades and other tourist-y activities. We even met the bulls that get saddled up so folks can have their photos taken while sitting on a realio trulio bull, while assisted by a wrangler (high school kid) and surrounded by dance hall girls (colllege kids). These bulls are born and raised in the Stockyards, and are exceedingly tame. They live mostly indoors, which is kind of sad...on the other hand, one of the bulls we met is 17+ years old and still "working" (i.e. standing around smiling for the camera) one day each week. So it's not a terrible life.
We also saw the traditional Way-Out-West pack animal
Wait. A camel?
Apparently, "Truffles" is part of the petting zoo, as is the camera-shy "reindeer&qu…