Thursday, June 21, 2012

Strawberry Days!

Have you ever heard of Pleasant Grove's Strawberry Days?  It just happens to be the best darn rodeo in Utah!

Andrew, Jessie, Amy, Chris, Marietta, Marshall, Colette, and I all met up at the PG fairgrounds for an evening of food and fun.  Have you ever seen Mutton Busting?  How about Wild Cow Milking or the Cash Cow?  Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

Mutton Busting is an event where kids get a chance to ride a sheep.  Yup.  It's bull riding for the young 'uns. The kids are outfitted with helmets and chest pads, plopped on the back of a sheep, and they try to stay on while the sheep runs around.  It is hilarious.  Sometimes, you even get a sheep that will jump or buck, and the poor kid usually just falls off.  Jessie informed Andrew that their children will have to do it, and I have to admit, that would be something I would like to see.
This kid is amazing!

Wild Cow Milking is when teams of three men have to chase a wild cow around the arena until they corner it, milk her, and run that cup of milk to the judges.  The first team with a full cup wins.  If you look closely at the middle picture on the right, you will see a cow laying down.  She didn't want to be milked, so she just lay down on the ground and wouldn't budge.  It reminded me of Sarah's strategy when Kyle tries to pick her up - she just falls to the ground.  I love it!

The Cash Cow is when kids chase around a cow (or more) that has had money stuck all over its body.  This year, because so many kids have wanted to participate, they had two live cows, and then a poor teenager dressed up as the Chick-Fil-A cow.  Well, the kids figured out pretty quickly that it would be easier to get the money off of the Chick-Fil-A cow, so they swarmed him!  He went down in the middle of a pack of kids, and stayed there until a cowboy ran to the rescue and picked him up and dusted him off.  I felt so badly for the person in the costume!

But the absolute BEST thing about Strawberry Days is the strawberries and cream.  For $1.50, you get a large cup of strawberries just swimming in fresh cream.  I look forward to it each year, and it NEVER disappoints!

Until next year, Strawberry Days!

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