Several weeks ago, Jenna and I headed down to Indianapolis to visit family, as well as attend the Covered Bridge Festival.
This was my first ever covered bridge festival. Everyone else had been, and were excited to 'show me the ropes'.
We got up at the crack of dawn in order to get there before the crowd. I didn't realize that an event in the middle of seemingly nowhere southwestern Indiana could actually get crowded.
I could not have been more wrong. There were people of all types at this event. I was told that over 2 million people visit over the 10 day festival!
The other thing I found shocking was the number of things that were deep fried. I mean, who really needs their peanut butter and jelly sandwich deep fried?
I realize some people splurge for a day or two and eat all this 'junk food', but judging from the figure and form of many of the people I saw, this type of diet is a lifestyle for them.
We did get to take a short tour of the mill that is still in operation which was fairly informative but the majority of this festival is eating and shopping.
I did manage to survive the event, and live to tell about it. Here's a few pictures from our day...
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| A little coffee in the morning |
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| The crew |
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| That pot in front of us is filled with 'soup beans' |
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| The covered bridge |
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| Lookin' good in our shades |
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| People watching and drinking more coffee |
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| I chose to forgo the deep fried stuff and eat some ribs |
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| Exhausted after my first Covered Bridge Festival |
funny blog Nate - so funny to me that you put soup beans in quotes - I had no idea that someone wouldn't know what soup beans are....really?
ReplyDeleteIt's just nice being out of a Fall day smelling all the scents that time of year brings us - we have so many memories in that little town - hopefully you'll grow to love it too (or least enjoy it, ha)