Saturday, July 18, 2009

A ride and a trip

This morning I went on a beautiful bike ride up Waterton Canyon with my friend Angie and her friend. It was fun to have a little girls bike ride, since Saturday mornings are usually reserved for Mike and his buddies to ride, and the ride flew by because as women tend to do..we talked the whole time. The ride was 12 miles round trip and now as I sit here and write this I am wishing that I wore my padded biker shorts because I am feelin' it- TMI? After the ride Jim and Angie mentioned that they were going to the Renaissance Festival and so we joined in. We spent a good four hours there, eating and being absolutely horrified by the festival goers in full Renaissance attire...my father in law would have been in heaven!!!


As we entered the festival we had no idea what we were in for.

Mira and Annabelle petting one of the two dragons that we saw roaming the fairgrounds.
The man and women in this picture were getting their picture taken with the other two men but it was so hard to tell who was part of the festival and who was just, well... "eccentric" shall we say, that Mike hopped in the picture with them thinking they were all part of the show. The man and woman thanked him afterward for being in their picture..oops.
Angie and the kids riding an elephant. They also had camel and llama rides.

Kennedy LOVING the man powered swing ride in the kids area.

Among the yummy food that we partook of, we didn't think the day was complete without biting into a big old turkey leg.

Kennedy, Mira and Annabelle on a salty old pirates lap. All of the vendors wore elaborate costumes, spoke in the authentic lingo and had accents. I think the kids had a great time and it will definitely not be forgotten anytime soon.

4 comments:

Casey, Annie, Brooklyn, Paige and Casey 5 said...

That fair looks like some serious fun...and laughs!

Wahl Family said...

We have been to some in Vegas and yes they take it VERY seriously.

McKelvey Clan said...

Wow, that looks like alot of fun! Y'all always go to the coolest places!! : )

Amberlee said...

I swear you guys have so much energy!- envious.I don't know that last time I was on a bike.-lame. I am still really disappointed that I missed you while you were in Utah.