La Rural

Sunday, after church, we decided to head over to the convention center called La Rural for the 2010 Expo Rural. WOW! It is basically the Houston Livestock Show for Argentina. There were all kinds of booths: animal health/tack products, food and wine vendors, leather goods, and of course all the latest in farm implements. It was amazing! The show cattle were just awesome and it was so neat to see the similarities between our stock shows and theirs. (I even saw Sullivan show cattle products for sale--those who show know the brand) We didn't get to see the stock show since the cattle weren't scheduled to show 'till Monday, but they did have the horse shows going on. The arena is outside, and of course, it was raining so we didn't get to watch this time. We did, however, get to see some of the horses waiting in the back alley and who could resist an adorable little girl with admiring eyes....Yes, the Argentines love children, so Adalyn got to ride! She was in heaven! The horses were gorgeous with ornate silver reins and breast collars. We had a great time and can't wait to go back next year!