Nick's work offered discounts for tickets to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth so we decided to go. They were still more money than we wanted to spend so we opted for the nose bleed seats which turned out to be a big disappointment. It's not nearly as exciting or impressive to be above the tightrope act and look down on them as they do all their crazy tricks! I'm just sayin'.
Seeing the show has definitely shed new light on the expression, "it's all a big circus act". The things they do are truly crazy! But it was fun all the same. I loved watching the trampoline act, but the elephants were my all time favorite. Seriously. What amazing creatures. We watched an elephant paint a picture in the pre-show and every trick they did during their act was so impressive. It's just amazing that such a massive animal can do those things.
Shasta on the other hand was not so pleasant during the show. I think she was overwhelmed with all the noise and lights that she didn't really know how to respond to all of it. She didn't really act scared, but she didn't weigh enough to hold her retractable chair down so Nick and I had to do it and she kept getting her legs stuck in between the seats and would cry. It wasn't until the second act that she got really into it and would clap with her hands above her head and laugh and show excitement. It would have been a lot more fun if she did that the whole time!
My favorite quote of the night was before we had even made it across the street to the Energy Solutions Arena. There was a water fountain that we passed by and as we approached it Shasta said, "That's water for elephants". It was just funny that word for word she said the title of the book!
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