American Football

Some of you may remember Bill who stayed with us a few months before we left. Bill is a Houstonian and his wife Helen, very kindly offered us tickets to the Houston Texans v San Francisco 49ers American Football game on the weekend. The tickets included pre-game brunch and access to the field to watch the teams warm up. The car park fills up with "Tailgaters" who bring their RV's, BBQs and TVs and set themselves up for the game. Similar to the Melbourne Cup concept I guess but definitely a sight.

Helen and Bill

Texan players

Then could you believe it? out walks George Bush and George W about 15 metres in front of us!!
They went all out to impress us with soldiers parachuting through the roof top, past idol singer performing (don't know his name, big guy), marching bands - the lot.

The secret service looked just like they do in the movies!

Then all eyes were on the cheer leaders as they did their stuff - no pyramids though apparently that's for college football.

I enjoyed learning about the game and found myself cheering for the Texans as they claimed victory. We had a great day and can put another notch in our belt of experiences in America!