i had a really excellent weekend. the first half was octoberfest, where huy, darien and i sampled beers from around the world. side note: i do not recommend you visit the czech republic for the beer. and what, you may wonder, could make this day better? 1. beautiful sunshine, a constant & welcome presence here in AZ. and 2. a LOT of chocolate covered things -- strawberries, apples, cheesecakes, etc. here is a picture of me enjoying all the fine things in life.the second half was the pumpkin patch. halloween is my favorite holiday (this month anyway ... there's so many great reasons/ways to celebrate and so much great holiday candy it's hard to narrow it down) and huy promised long ago that we would carve pumpkins and impress all our neighbors with our sure-to-be masterpieces. so we headed out to the pumpkin & chili festival at schnepf farm in queen creek, AZ to celebrate the joy of the pumpkin patch. this was a perfect opportunity to share some of my white, southern country heritage.
we didn't actually get any pumpkins, since as far as i could tell, they didn't even grow their own, just bought them at wal-mart and dumped them on a flattened patch of string beans, BUT we did: ride an antique carousel, get lost in a corn maze, eat cornbread & pumpkin pie, ride the haunted train, scoot down a big slide, and scored front-row seats to hillbilly bob's piggy races. huy volunteered to act as liason between H.B. and the pink goat in the final race, but wasn't able to inspire pinky to actually RUN when there were perfectly good rocks to eat in the middle of the track. huy also enjoyed his first hayride (his excuse: i'm from california; we don't have hay there) and suffered his first ass-kicking from me on the mini-golf course. thanks dad for starting me out early on how to hold a putter.
it wasn't all fun & games though: i almost got my hair caught on fire about 5 times by some little kids who obviously had never roasted a marshmallow or held a stick before. i dislocated my neck racing around the country road rally. and huy destroyed me in the pumpkin-launching contest. check out his awesome technique.still, all in all, a great day -- ridiculously cheesy, but managed to entertain us for many many hours.... the joys of being easily amused. i've posted photos of the rest of our adventures for yoru enjoyment. :)
3 comments:
do i sense a bit of bumpass or mineral in arizona? or is arizona just recognizing your roots?
i missed the fun :-(
glad y'all had it :-)
i am glad that you were able to show huy some good country fall festival sort of fun. :) your pics are hilarious.
thanks for adding the part where i destroyed you at pumpkin launching. between you handing my ass to me at both mini golf AND dr. mario, my growth towards becoming a man has suffered a significant setback lately... so thank you for giving me back a little of my pride ;)
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