It’s ALL ABOUT ME!

Today as I was browsing the local news, I came across a story stating that the Barnum and Bailey circus was arriving via the railroad and that the animal walk from the train depot to the civic center would be held at 6:00 p.m. this evening. This is something I’ve always wanted to go see, but never found out about it in time. So tonight, Jim and I decided to go and watch the animals walk. I was as excited as a little kid! We arrived downtown at 5:30 and staked out a good location.

Here’s my traditional “self-couple portrait” to prove that we were there:

We stood around and waited and waited. 6:00 came and went and still no animals. Word came down that the walk would start at 6:30. 6:30 came and went and still no animals. Around 6:30, it started raining, and Jim donned his “unabomber” look:

It rained and rained and we stood there patiently waiting. At one point, I said to Jim, “Can we are standing outside in February, in the RAIN, waiting to see some animals walk by?” He just laughed. Finally around 7:00, it appeared there was going to be some activity. Sure enough, we could finally see the elephants make their way down the road. We watched the elephants go by, then the horses, then…. it was over!!! If we had blinked, we would have missed it. We stood outside for an hour and a half, 1/2 of that in the rain, and it was over in the blink of an eye.

Oh well, we had a great time and it made for a fun memory!