Elephant Races and Tiger Feedings

today was had one show- i came in on the 8:30 bus and had practice w/ the horses. while i was setting up the ring- the tigers were in their cages because they had just finished practice- taba handed me a piece of raw meat and let me feed tasha the tiger! she took it right out of my hand! afterwards- there was a PR event with elephant racing. siam, banko, asia, baby and sarah raced to a finishline full of bananas and bread- of course- asia the queen won :) i am sitting in 8 wagon now, waiting for the bus to come take me to home sweet home. well- maybe not so sweet- but it is home i suppose. tomorrow we have 2 shows- 11am and 7:30 pm. we are having a big bar-b-que inbetween shows. after the last show we are having a "no talent" talent show. free food and beer! well- not much else happened today- just another regular day in the circus