Family Circus

Largest land Mammal alive lying down

Through my wife's work with MacaroniKid, my family and I were invited The Greatest Show On Earth.  Yep, we went to the circus.

It was nice.  We were able to visit the animals on a semi-guided tour, talk to the animal handlers and a few of the performers.  Then we headed to the show itself.  It has been a long time since I went to the circus, and the two youngest had never been before.  Their eyes were wide watching all the various acts and stunts.  The girls loved the horses, of course, but they also enjoyed many of the other shows, especially those with the tigers.

All the girls loved the cats

Overall, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey still put on a decent show.  In today's world of hi-tech computer graphics, it is nice to see real-life performers.  It adds an element of suspense watching real people act out what is now seen mostly on movie screens.