La Gloria, Texas

Hola amigos,

We've been extremely busy as of late. On Saturday the owners of my RV park hosted a barbeque as an appreciation day. There were two different entertainers...one before the meal and one after. In the evening we went to La Escondidas, as we had been invited to a birthday party there.

This afternoon we went to see bloodless bullfights in La Gloria. There were 3 matadores and 1 matadora. Lupita Lopez is one of the world's 5 female matadoras. She was grace personified. After each of the matadores performed the judges would ask the audience to wave their hats or hankies to relay whether the matador should get the prize of one bull ear, two ears, or two bull ears and a tail (all fake). Lupita won the top prize. The custumes were gorgeous, and there were a few near misses.

Ending the performance was a Mexican performer on his dancing horse. He called himself El Guapo (Handsome). He sang while riding and had his horse do tricks.

It was an event worth seeing.