Augusta Weekend

This past weekend my husband and I spent a few days in Augusta, Georgia (about 1-1/2 hours from home).  The purpose of the trip was to visit the Augusta Cutting Horse Futurity (more about that later), but the first order of business was a bit of relaxing with a “Bahama Mana”…..

 

On Saturday we started the morning with a walk around the Canal area…..

  Then on for a walk around the downtown area.  One stop was to visit one of Augusta’s favorite musicians….the ever talented and apparently very short…..James Brown…..

  We laughed at the name of this pub…. “Tipsey McStumbles”!!

Then, on to the futurity.  Before the contests started, we walked around the vendors and I was amazed at all of the things that could be purchased….much like our quilt show vendor malls……

  How about a leather cell phone holster……

A sea of saddles…..    And it came as no surprise that Cowgirls love their bling…..

But the highlight of the evening was the cutting horse competition.  It is such fun to see the way that the horse and rider work together.   Here is a video that I shot….