Just a quickie

Posted a handful of photos from the Texas trip, these were taken by Ram when we went to Fort Worth. I had my first ever chicken-fried steak and I hope it's not my last. Think tender steak, dipped in KFC-style batter and deep-fried, then smothered in pepper gravy. My mouths watering just writting about it. Other options on the menu at Reata, a sensational FW resturant, included Calve Fries... also known as Rocky Mountain Oysters... aka cow balls, I gave them a miss. There's a lot of things I'll put in my mouth, a set of cojones aint on that list.From there Ram took us down to the stockyards where we had hoped to go to the rodeo. Sadly we were one day late but we had a nice walk in the sun, saw a longhorn up close (those horns are around 80cm long, each) and Shyam and I tried out luck on a mechanical bull. The saddle on the bull was polished up and very slippery, no stirups and only one hand hold, again not designed to keep you on the bugger. It was $5 for as long as you could stay on, which frankly wasn't that long, but I'm reliably told I passed the 8 second mark so all was good.