{"id":12569,"date":"2026-02-28T03:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=12569"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:05:57","slug":"sat-feb-28-2026-missed-go-texans-day-did-see-the-trail-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2026\/02\/28\/sat-feb-28-2026-missed-go-texans-day-did-see-the-trail-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat. Feb. 28, 2026 &#8211; missed Go Texans! Day, did see the trail riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supposed to be another fantastic day today.  Yesterday cleared up and warmed up, turning into another picture perfect weather day.  Forecast for today is the same.<\/p>\n<p>I did some auction things in the morning, and then did my pickups in the afternoon.  I took surface streets because the Loop was backed up, but got caught in a 20 minute delay anyway as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodeohouston.com\/trail-rides\/\">Trail Riders <\/a>crossed my path.  Some of the riders are riding more than 100 miles, some more than 200.   It&#8217;s always fun to see them on horseback and riding in wagons.  There are people along the routes to cheer them on, and the riders wave and have a good time with the kids and adults that come out.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Trail Riders have arrived, that means the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is underway.  Great weather for it this year.  It&#8217;s a big deal and I&#8217;ve written about it a couple of times before.  Fun for the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;ve got one kid duty  and the lists to fill my day.  Oh what will I do to fill my time?  Uh, dood, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll find something.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of work to be done. But also lots of fun to be had.  These are the Good ol days.  Make sure you live them.<\/p>\n<p>Get busy stacking!<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supposed to be another fantastic day today.  Yesterday cleared up and warmed up, turning into another picture perfect weather day.  Forecast for today is the same.<\/p>\n<p>I did some auction things in the morning, and then did my pickups in the afternoon.  I took surface streets because the Loop was backed up, but got caught in a 20 minute delay anyway as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodeohouston.com\/trail-rides\/\">Trail Riders <\/a>crossed my path.  Some of the riders are riding more than 100 miles,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2026\/02\/28\/sat-feb-28-2026-missed-go-texans-day-did-see-the-trail-riders\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Sat. Feb. 28, 2026 &#8211; missed Go Texans! Day, did see the trail riders &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,17,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-linux","category-march-to-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12570,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12569\/revisions\/12570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}