What kind of California family would we be if we didn't take time and ride. Horseback riding is as old to the west as it is to Africans in America. Bill Pickett and his band of rodeo all stars celebrate and chronicle this history. With strong military roots and ties the Bill Pickett rodeo shows how rich and connected blacks in the west are to horses. There were a lot of fine animals and showmanship at this years festival. I'm not sure what was more fun to watch, Sutchat and Sasen dancing and winning money or to see the children's ease around the animals. The weather was awesome, warm but not to hot and not a cloud in the sky. It was, in Sutchat's words, a perfect day. As a mom it's hard for me to say Perfect Day or believe it, I remember my granny saying never set yourself up for disappointment looking for perfection. Still if the children feel that things are "perfect" I have to hug myself and my husband, and my sister, and the other children, we must be doing something right.
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