Back in the “Saddle” Pig Wrestling/Kayaking 7/24-25
Fred and Milly resumed their kayaking as soon as there was an opportunity.
Someone remarked that Fred could use the pool on Monday w/o kayak. The weekly Monday kayak trip was cancelled due to preparation work for the Star Valley Pickleball Tournament that starts on Tuesday.
After the tournament is over on Friday, we will go to Henrys Lake State Park in Idaho near west entrance to Yellowstone. We will spent 3 nights there before driving down to Bryce Canyon, Utah on our way back to home to Vail, AZ.
Teton County Fair – Jackson WY – 7/24
Milly and I decided to drive an hour to Jackson to go to the Pig Wrestling event (7 pm) at the Teton County Fair on Thursday 7/24. We arrived early to discover that no crowd arrives before 5 pm when the carnival opens. The fair was much smaller than we expected. We ded treated ourselves to Philly Cheese Steaks Subs Wyoming style!
We watched the cowhands load the sand for the mud pit where the wrestling would take place.
The pig wrestling was a lot of laughs. A team of 4 people try to “capture” the pig and put it ass first into a barrel. The timed event had several youth age groups compete against each other. That was followed by a Men’s and Women’s competition. The stands were almost sold out.
In most cases the pig won. The size of the pig and the barrel used matched the contestants size.
Although we had a good time, we will skip this type event next time around.
Paddling Blackfoot River Reservoir in Idaho – 7/25
On the map, it looked like Blackfoot River Reservoir was a short drive. That is relative. It was a much longer but beautiful drive deep into Idaho (about 30 miles). The country near the reservoir was a high valley of rolling hills and prairies. It was very desolate area. We saw some big fish jumping, probably carp. The kayaking was great which made the drive well worth it.
We started using the Ipad for photos while we wait for our replacement camera to arrive.
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