bbq days.

nestled in our tiny little town of 1100 people, our big hey day fair (if you can call it that) is barbeque days::::…..

that’s this weekend, labor day weekend. drive into our town, and you’ll see the sign with the little lettering, "FREE BBQ FEAST ON BBQ DAY LABOR DAY WEEKEND" – as if someone who happens to drive through in January is going to tell his wife, "Honey, we’re coming back here next Labor Day. We need to be here." 

Seriously. our town doesn’t have a Wal-Mart, doesn’t have a McDonalds, doesn’t have a Movie-Theater, and most importantly.
it
doesn’t
have
a
STARBUCKS!!!

come to think of it, besides the 2 gas stations, I think the only name-brand establishment that someone might identify with is that there is a Napa Auto Parts store.

Yup. welcome to barbeque days, that’s supposed to win all the people.
main street is adorned with an hour parade, and then one street over is cut off for the day while little vendors put up face-paint, greasy smelly food for sale, and a few knick knack shops. there’s a ‘youth zone’ – basically make-shift games that no one likes in an area too. and then there are periodic auctions, dances, and a beer garden.

everyone smells. everyone is hot and sweaty. you can’t walk 5 feet without accidentally hitting someone. half the crowd is drunk. and they flood the store to buy all my pepsi to keep me busy all day. yeah. i can’t wait until its over.

I used to go, but it’s just you know – it doesn’t really excite me, nor there’s anything down there worth waiting for.

the call it barbeque days because there’s a free barbeque feast that’s from 5-8 I believe. THAT’S not even worth it, because the line is hellacious, and the food flat out sucks. really, it’s watery soup, thin white bread, the kind you can pinch and feel more skin than bread, with nothing but roast beef in the middle – and the roast beef itself taste more like meaty paper than beef. and i think that’s pretty much it. like i could find something in my house more appetizing than that.

even if you go to enjoy the music (because there is a concert at times from a local band), the drunk dancers ruin it for you, and they always set it up next to the beer garden – which is a loud place.

ugh.

this is why after a long day of filling pepsi, i’m looking forward to taking the girl out to some mexican, and then a quiet night of a movie or card game, and some definite cuddling. lol.