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Is Texas Getting Bigger?
It seemed to me the trip to California was the longest
drive of my lifetime. Half the mileage was put on my van just getting out of
Texas. The mountains, plateaus and fields were an awesome, beautiful sight but
they seemed to go on forever. The San Diego weather was comfortable but a little
damper than I expected it to be.
My biggest surprise was seeing so many
Texas exhibitors at the show. It made me feel comfortable. Like I was at one of
the Texas shows. I would guess that I saw around 60 fellow Texans in San Diego
at the ARBA National convention. We were probably at least 10% of the people and
rabbits participating in that show. I didn’t hear of any big problems for any
Texans at the show. Some exhibitors did well at the show tables, the Warren’s
(Nell & Bob), won Best of Breed Dwarf Hotot! The Californian Clubs that put
on this show did a good job of taking care of our people and our rabbits.
Del Mar, California is one of the more
up scale areas in the United States. It seemed I was always parking my van
between a Beemer and a Porsche. We ate at several different locations, trying to
find a great cook. I’m not saying that I am a great cook but I do like my own
cooking. We had breakfast three mornings in a row at “Milton’s”. You know
it had to be excellent for us to go back two times. I just turned 53 and that is
the first time in my life that I ever had corned beef hash. It was delicious.
I missed being with Corey, our dog while
I was in California. Corey is with me most of the time at home. If I am in the
shop building cages, he is there. If I am in the house fixing lunch, he is
there. If I am down at the pond feeding the fish, He is there. I caught myself
looking for him several times in California. When we got home, he let me know
that he missed me as much as I missed him. I got a nice greeting (wet lick) when
we got out of the van.
I missed my own cooking. I missed my own bed. But I didn’t
realize how much I missed my bathtub. We have a deep, sunken tub. I like to sit
in a hot bath and rub my tired old feet. It wasn’t easy to accomplish that in
those little narrow short tubs with no handles! But I did manage to soak most of
the dust off them. (teheJ)
Thanks to all of you who helped make
this a pleasurable trip for Texans and rabbit people everywhere. There seemed to
be a representative from Texas in nearly every breed specialty booth. I hope the
ARBA realized what a strong and determined group of rabbit breeders the TRBA has
become.
Ken Vanecek bunnyrabbit.com