Saturday was the day we went to pick up Jonathan this time. He wanted to go to the Rattlesnake Round Up in Sweetwater, soooo we went! Jonathan and I pet a rattlesnake and shook the rattles on him, which are surprisingly light. I always thought they'd be heavier. Then we waited in a MASSIVE line to try some fried rattlesnake meat. I must say I had always heard that it tasted like chicken, BUT mine didn't taste like anything at all. I'm glad we tried it, but I don't feel like I'll have to wait in a line for an hour ever again for it! It was also really bony, there wasn't much meat to speak of at all. I guess if I'm ever stranded outdoors food-less, then I will know that it is edible if I can catch one to survive on. After we were on our way home I was struck with the same kind of sadness that I felt when I left my first rodeo. I'm NOT a huge fan of snakes, but they are God's creatures and it seems pretty cruel to me to catch them, tick them off in confined spaces all mashed on top of each other, then let people pay to skin them in front of everyone, only to get fried up and eaten that very day. It was a bad day to be a rattlesnake in TX. I forgot to take the camera in to the Round-Up and parking was insanely far away by the time I remembered. Sorry. Here's a link to some images though:
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=rattlesnake%20roundup%20sweetwater&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
We picked Jonathan up at his Grandma's house and by then Jansen was in desperate need to stretch his legs. The boys played outside a bit before we jumped back in the car to head to the big event!
It's awesome to have a Big Brother who loves you so much and is so patient with you, right Jansen?!?!
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