Hi everybody. It's me, Ragnar. Remember yesterday, Maggie told you about us seeing cows at the park?!? That was SO exciting! Mags also mentioned that Mom said she might have a surprise for us in the evening?!? Well, guess what?!?! We got to go to the cattle drive in downtown Aggieville! It was so cool! Mom took 10 million pix; I'll link to her FlickR album later but for now, here are our favorites!
At first, we hung back from the crowd a bit, so Mags and I could sort of get acclimated. There were probably about 500 people there, and we haven't really been around crowds like that.
![IMG_6205RagnarMikeMagsAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124660005_74b8f9c7c6_c.jpg) |
Me, Dad, and Mags |
Eventually, we made our way through the crowd ...
![IMG_6207AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123856791_b2af63e649_c.jpg) |
We headed toward that brick building in the background |
...and to the back part of the stage, where the cows were going to come in.
![IMG_6210AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124660285_63b482a921_c.jpg) |
A look from the other end! |
We made 100s of friends. Mom and Dad said they were so proud of us -- we were calm and quiet and friendly to everyone. I even got to meet tiny bipeds who like to giggle. That was very fun.
![IMG_6216RagnarMikeMagsAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123288517_e4fb2cd7c3_c.jpg) |
"Nice meeting you, lady!" "Yeah. And -- ooh! I love your purse!" |
We had a bit of a wait to see the cows. There was music, and vendors selling stuff, and a fashion show and all kinds of stuff going on! Dad even took a picture of us with Mom:
![IMG_6219RagnarMagsMeAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124658395_ef0ca0a819_c.jpg) |
Me and Mags with Mom |
We did get a little bored after a while, so ...
![IMG_6230MagsAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123857331_487a11a3d5_c.jpg) |
"Might as well get comfy!" |
THEN ... before we knew it ...
![IMG_6240AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124659520_9a895c37d5_c.jpg) |
COWS!!! |
![IMG_6241MagsRagnarAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123288952_f1fbe953d4_c.jpg) |
"Did you see them, Raggi?!?!" "Yeah! How COOL!!"
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We had front-row seats!
![IMG_6252AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123603584_3bf24312f1_c.jpg) |
COW!! (He might need a drool cloth ...) |
![IMG_6264AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123857676_7687529fde_c.jpg) |
Brown cow!!! |
![IMG_6280AggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123855646_8327f9ea42_c.jpg) |
A spotty-faced cow!!! |
That spotty-faced cow had my complete, undivided attention!
![IMG_6287RagnarAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123857966_b80d356f2f_c.jpg) |
"Oooh, I really like that spotty-faced one!" |
There were people walking past us from behind, so we made sure to let them know we were available for ear scratches and general petting.
![IMG_6290RagnarMagsAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124661300_c57a36beea_c.jpg) |
"Hello!" "Hello people of Aggieville!" |
Maggie has helped me learn how to work a crowd. It was fun and the people were all very kind.
Then it was back to the cows!
![IMG_6298MagsRagnarAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123601489_f64fbba65f_c.jpg) |
"That's a handsome one!" "He IS!" |
![IMG_6303MagsRagnarAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123604224_1e978db0e2_c.jpg) |
"This guy could be his twin, Raggi!" "He could be!" |
We loved seeing ALL the cows ... but we both were kind of partial to the spotty-faced one.
![IMG_6317MagsRagnarAggievilleShowdown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123287612_ce02aff1ed_c.jpg) |
"Mom? Dad? We'd like to adopt the spotty-faced cow, please." "Yeah! Can we?!?!" "I ... uh ... remember how much room he'd take up in the bed!?!" |
I forgot about that.
What a great, fun evening, even if we didn't get to bring a cow home! AND we parked a mile away from the festivities, so we got a nice walk in, too!
If you'd like to see any more of our pix from last night, please click here!
Sköl!
Ragnar