Wild Hog Festival

Saturday, March 28, 2015 - Uvalde, TX

While we were walking Gracie this morning we decided we would get the camera and the Gator to get a picture of all of the different wild flowers blooming here at the Fish Hatchery.  I am sure we missed some, but here they are:

 The only flowers I know are the Blue Bonnets in the first picture.  They are the state flower of Texas.  :)

We had a few errands to run in Uvalde, then we headed for Sabinal, TX to watch a Wild Hog catching contest.  It sounded like fun, so we just had to go and check it out.  :)  Once we arrived in Sabinal we stopped by the Brown's Deli and Gifts for some lunch and ice cream.  It was all about the name.  :)

The food and service were really good.

We finally made it to the Wild Hog Festival.  We did not have much time to walk around, so we headed right over to the Wild Hog Contest.  Up first was the little kids.  They just caught the pig and got a ribbon.  They released several pigs and the kids run around.  The kids seemed to have a really good time.

For the older kids and adults they would go out as a 2 person team and they would release a single hog for them to catch.  Whoever caught the hog in the fastest time in the age group was the winner.

There was even a couple of women from the Philippines.  It was a lot of fun!

It way another wonderful day!