Chicken victory holds keys to scholarship cash

Our good friends, Jenna (right) and Amy (left) Anderson, hold up what they hope will be the winning broiler chicken at the South Texas State Fair at Ford Park in Beaumont, Texas, this past Friday.  The judge points them to a position in the line she wants them to stand in as she tries to sort out dozens and dozens of contenders at the contest.  Youth from through several counties compete with the poultry they have raised this year, to try to earn won of the top spots and the scholarship cash that victory can bring at the Fair auction.

Weighty feathers friends vie for Fair prize

This is from the roaster chicken competition at the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont.  The Fair started last Thursday and runs through this week.  Hundreds of youth and their parents and friends stood waiting for the poultry competition on Friday.  The judge, far left, uses her hands to measure the dimensions and quality of the hens breast to determine the winner.  Each contestant holds up the birds they have raised, hoping to get a leg up (poor pun, I know) on the crowded field.

Get your flip on

You get no time to soak in the applause when you are40 feet in the air trying to do a flip to thrill the crowd. In less that 2 seconds you are going to hit dirt and it better be with your wheels. It's time to get you flip on.

It has been fun posting these picture from the Monster Truck Rally at Ford Park this weekend in Beaumont,TX.   I have to admit this wasn't on my bucket list, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the tricks and antics with all that machinery and power.

--steve buser

Monster trucks, motorcycle, flip, tricks, Beaumont, Texas, Ford Park

Look up in the air. It's....what?"

We took our grandson, Sullivan, and his dad, Aaron, to the Monster Truck rally at Ford Park in Beaumont, today.  The even was filled with flying trucks, aerial acrobatics on motorcycles and lots of noise. 

At the end of the day, it was Hot Tamale that stole the show and the audience's hearts with this stunt.  He cut his 2-minute free style to about 10 seconds,when he shot off of the big ramp (the one only the motocycles had used) and flew through the air for dozens of feet.  When he landed he snap something in his front wheel and sat there totally disabled. Still,the crowd roared and awarded him the champion's crown

--steve buser. 

Beaumont, Texas, Ford Park, Monster Trucks. Hot Tamale