I’ve lived in Loudoun County (Viriginia) for 13 and a half years, but until this past weekend I’d never been to the famous Loudoun County Fair.<\/p>\n
Happily I can no longer make that claim.<\/p>\n
There was the usual carnival rides and cotton candy, and I also witnessed for the first time in my 43 years, a professional bull riding event, coupled with cattle-wranglin’ and calf-ropin’ and all those thing foreign to people from northeastern cities.<\/p>\n
It was<\/em> my first rodeo.<\/p>\n You know how most times when you see an athletic contest, no matter the sport, you think, wow, I wish I were there on the field competing<\/em>?<\/p>\n This one I was glad I was in the stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve lived in Loudoun County (Viriginia) for 13 and a half years, but until this past weekend I’d never been to the famous Loudoun County Fair. Happily I can no longer make that claim. There was the usual carnival rides … Continue reading