Yesterday (Thursday), Paul, Max, Ellen and I, went to the Teton County Fair in Jackson. It had a midway, with the usual rides, games of skill/chance, fair food, etc., but it also had an evening event:
pig-wrestling! The contest had four levels, kids, adolescents, men and women. Teams of four attempted to catch a wet, muddy pig, pick it up and drop it into a barrel. They had a minute, then a buzzer sounded, and they had to quit. The pigs varied in size, appropriate to the age level. Some teams wore costumes and there was a prize for best costume as well as best time. The women's teams did much better than the men's. Mostly, it was about people falling all over the place and getting very muddy from tip to toe. About 20% of the teams managed to get the pig in the barrel, and a handful did it under 30 seconds!
Max only lasted a half hour or so at the pig-wrestling, but he loved the games of skill/chance most of all, and won some trinkets.
I'll have to say that a midway provides a lot of opportunity for colorful photos!
Max and Paul in the bear ride
Down the slide at the fun-house
Throwing darts at balloons
Shooting at a target
Fishing with a hook
Hoops over bottles
We did not go on the Ferris Wheel!
Girls going after the pig!!
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