The wild bulls

Today we arrive in the Texas and it is very very hot! Everything here is so big. Wayne is very excited and tries to find the rodeo to see cowboys. We stop at shop and ask for the directions. In shop they are selling many guns! Wayne says this is normal in America but I am a bit worried because I don’t like the getting shot! A guy in shop ask me where I am from and he say he has heard of Uzbekistan. He then ask which state it is in! Maybe he don’t know where the Uzbekistan is after all? I am happy because the weather is the nice so I do little dance in front of shop until Wayne get the direction and we drive off again. An hour later we arrive at the rodeo with the riding of the wild bulls. What a crazy show! Many cowboys sitting on bulls trying not to be thrown off. There is also the clowns running around, and everybody wearing the cowboy hats. Wayne decide he too try the riding the bulls. He sit on bull and when doors open he get thrown off almost straight away. Lucky the bull don’t step on Wayne when he is on ground. After getting up, Wayne tells me that he is in much pain but that he have fun and ask, does Micha want to ride? I think for little while but maybe it not good idea. Micha not cowboy but boy from Uzbekistan who plays the boxes TicTac.
Wayne wants to go more on wild bulls so I stand behind rodeo and try to get Texans to play music with me. In beginning they all look at Micha like he is the crazy, but soon many the people join in. A girl with the banjo and a guy with the accordion show me Texan songs and we play for long time. Texans know how to party. They call it the hoedown and everybody is dancing and shouting and being happy. It almost like street party in Uzbekistan.
In evening we have the big barbecue with lots of food and more music. The boxes TicTac are popular instrument now. As we are eating, Wayne, who is sore everywhere after falling off the wild bull many times, ask if we should do the New Years in Mexico because it is close to the Texas.
Micha adventure continues!

Tags: Cowboy hat, Dance, Mexico, New Year, people, Rodeo, Texas, tic tac, TicTac, TicTac Micha, travel, United States, Uzbekistan

Thieves and the trains

Hello again. Micha spent Christmas in train! After driving for long time, Wayne and me take the break and eat some food in the diner. I never eat burgers so big before, with many onions. Lucky I still have the TicTacs left to make mouth taste nice again. When we finish eating food, we look for car, but it is gone! After searching for while, and old woman tell us that he see someone drive away in truck while we were in diner. Someone steal truck! First Wayne is angry and kick sign by road, but then the calm down and remember that he has many old coins in bag. He say he will buy new truck in Texas. Next to road is the train-tracks and as we try to think of what to doing next, a very very long the goods train comes by very very slowly. Wayne picks up our bags and starts running towards the train, yelling at me to follow. We run next to train until wagon comes by with open doors and we jump in. Inside train is dry and warm and we sit there watch the snow and country go by. Wayne explain that many people travel this way in the America. He say he needs to sleep a bit and folds out his sleeping bag. I write some letters to family Micha and look of map of the America. Texas is far away from Montana and maybe it will take long time to get there in slow train, but we have the food and water so it great adventure!
On the Christmas evening we sing American and Uzbek songs and I give Wayne the TicTac box as present. He give me some the old coins. Then we play the poker and Wayne much better than Micha, so we don’t play about who is doing the washing up..
Few days later the train stops at small station, and we sneak off. We find map and see that we are in the Kansas, which is closer to Texas and also place of the cowboys. We hitchhike into town called Hays, where we find motel and get clean. After that Wayne go looking for place to sell the coins and I look for post-box to mail letters for family. When Wayne comes back, he has big smile on face and say he made many many money selling coins. He also say he buy new car, so same evening we are driving for the Texas again.  Wayne drive all night and in morning we are close the Oklahoma. Everywhere is fields with many the cows everywhere. Wayne explain to me that in Texas there are many cows too, and the people who ride on wild bulls and horses in the arena, called the Rodeo. It sound fun but also dangerous. Now I can’t wait to go Texas. Maybe Wayne will ride bull?

Tags: Christmas, Kansas, Montana, music, Oklahoma, people, Texas, tic tac, TicTac, TicTac Micha, travel, United States

Treasures and tractors

Hello world! Since I last spoke many things have happened. You are probably wondering about the treasure that is the secret and the wedding and everything else! OK so I will be telling you. On morning of weddings, Wayne wake me up early and after I am getting dressed we sneak outside. It is a bit cold, and Wayne say we better be the quick because soon it may start to snow.

Wayne give me a horse all to myself. It is big and brown and name is ”Bullet” because it go so quick. Micha never ride horse before but Wayne say it is a friendly horse and that Micha won’t fall off. After the long while I manage to get on horse, and Wayne start riding away. Lucky for me Bullet just follow Wayne. I hold on very tight and hope we don’t start running very fast! Riding the horse is fun. We go across many big fields and past mountains and the nature is beautiful like Uzbekistan.

Suddenly the Wayne was right and it starts to snowing. It is cold but also very pretty. But the snow is keeping on landing on the map, and before Wayne can make it dry, all the ink starts to wash away! Wayne is swearing very loudly and I am worried his head will explode! When he is the calm, he tells me that map is ruined, and that we have to start going home. I am the disappointed that we don’t find the treasure, but also happy because I am covered in the snow. As we turn to go home, suddenly Wayne shouts and points at an old tree and says that is where treasure is! We get off horses and start to move snow and earth with shovels and after ten minutes we find the box made of wood! Micha and Wayne very excited. Wayne try to open box but it is locked. He get very angry and kick box and then lid comes off. Inside the box of wood we find small bag full of the coins. At first Wayne looks disappointed because he say it is just old money. I tell him about uncle Babur who kept many the old money and one day trade for very nice tractor, so perhaps this old coin is worth moneys too? Wayne thinks for bit then takes bag with coins and say we look it up on internet when we get home. Suddenly we both remember the weddings and ride very fast home. Micha almost fall off three times but Bullet is the nice horse and I stay on.

Because of snow and the bad time we arrive when wedding is already happening. I sneak in party and Wayne say he go check the coin. The rest of evening is fun! Everybody is happy at wedding and Micha play the TicTac boxes for all guests and make many friends!

Before I go to bed Wayne come see me and he is very excited. He say the coins are worth many, many tractors! I am happy for him. I go to sleep dreaming of horses and the treasures.

Next morning Wayne wake me very early and ask if he can come with Micha on adventure! Before I get to say good-bye to all guests and married couple, I am sitting in Wayne’s truck, driving in snow. Wayne says he always wanted to go to the Texas to see other cowboys so we are heading south. I am the happy that I have a new friend for the adventures and I am looking forwards to seeing the Texas.

Tags: Micha, people, tic tac, TicTac Micha, travel, United States, winter

Mountains and the cowboys

So today Micha is in the United States of America. After driving for the long I am now in the place Montana, for wedding of Canadian girl and American guy, on big big ranch. Everybody welcoming and say I stay for wedding which last three days. I already promise to play music for guests at party. On ranch they have the many horses and I want go on horse. I met guy who says he is the cowboy. His name is Wayne and he live Montana all his life, wokring with the horses. He take me to see the horses and they are beautiful. I think I could go on horse forever into blue sky. Wayne is funny and ask me me many thing about Uzbekistan. He never heard of Uzbekistan before and ask if it is Africa! Wayne has never been outside of the Montana before, so not big adventurer like Micha, but he is cowboy and that must be big adventure too. He chews the chewing tobacco alot and keep spitting on ground. I ask him if maybe he would not rather have the TicTac because surely it is taste better. He likes, but say he will still chew the tobacco as well. Strange.

After a while he ask me if I want to help him find secret treasure? He say he has map that show treasure that is buried many years ago by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, two explorer who come to Montana 19^th century. He say he has made drawing of map from story told by his grand father when he was little. Micha thinks this sound exciting! We make plan to go looking for treasure tomorrow morning before wedding, on horse! I think I stay awake all night looking forward to that.

I took picture of map Wayne draw for secret treasure.

Tags: Cowboy, Montana, tic tac, TicTac Micha, travel, treasure hunting, United States, Uzbekistan