Fall Festival

The West Union Fall Festival was today. The weather was nearly perfect. The crowd was one of the largest in some time. I think I heard someone say they served over 900 dinners.

The Ruritan had its annual wood cutting contests. In the event below the goal was to start with your hands on the log, at go start your chain saw, and cut 3 blocks from the log. The winner did it in under 15 seconds.

Later the Fire Department held its second annual Firefighter Challenge. In the event below 2 firefighters unroll 2 coils of hose, connect together, put on the nozzle and connect to the truck, pump water, and try to knock over the barrel with a stream of water. The goal is to do it the fatstest.



Other events includes a water ball fight and a dummy drag. Now, in the heat we sometimes have for this event the question is which end of the rope the dummy is on ...


Yes, it really is that dry here. That is the WU Park behind the Missile. Here is a photo from last year's water ball fight. Look how much greener the grass is.

I didn't get photos of this year's water ball fights, the ARCH helicopter that landed, the car show, or the various vendors. But they were there! There was good food, lots of fun, very good entertainment, friends and family, overall a great fall festival.