Brick Fight!!!! (Best Vacation Ever, day 6 pt. 1)

On the 3rd of July, Sanestperson and I went to the horseraces with her family to engage in some of the spirited holiday celebrations as well as bet money on the ponies.

It was the perfect 4th of July celebration on the 3rd of July. We had a picnic, complete with patriotic plates, napkins and toothpicks. We scoured over the racing forms and I picked my horses based partly on odds, but mostly on cool names.

It was my first time betting money on horses, and I learned much cool lingo such as "across the board" and "trifecta box" and "quinella".

My "big" win was getting 40 bucks from a 6 dollar bet on a horse with the best name ever!!

The horse's name?

BRICK FIGHT!

So, of course, for the rest of the day I would throw random harmless objects (like a crumpled up napkin) at sanestperson and say, "BRICK FIGHT!!"

I think it would be fun to have a brick fight, as long as the bricks are made of foam or are lego bricks and everyone wears safety goggles.

Brick fight did allow me to buy a couple $5 beers, bet on every race, and still leave the track with slightly more money than I walked in with.

At the end of the race day, the track had a big fireworks show. It reminded me that it is one thing to be in America during the 4th of July weekend, but it is quite another to be in Texas for the July 4th weekend. We first sung the national anthem, followed by saying the pledge of allegiance, and then we said the pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag. Do other states have pledges to their flag?

The fireworks themselves were astounding, and were accompanied by the most patriotic country rock music that I have ever heard. I kept saying to myself, "Wow, I am definitely in Texas". Watch the video, you'll see what I mean:




I couldn't have asked for a better day. Cheesy patriotic country rock and all, it was pretty awesome.

Plus, Brick Fight!!!!