Grangeville Rock wall and Bubble set up!
Anyway, about this fair! We started work on saturday morning. Around 8 a.m. Pretty early, but had to get things taken care of and set up. I have a friend who has been helping us for a couple of years now come help work. His name is Bret and he brought his roommate, Jesse. They did a great job working. Got a little sun burned though. But I think they had fun. A definite motivation for them was having a tip jar! They were lovin' life at the end of the day! Then they'd get up the next morning and that feeling was gone! It's kind of an endless cycle. Grandpa Frank was kind of getting the hang of it. He is a really nice guy. Helping kids take their shoes on and off or making conversation with parents. Just a friendly guy. I'm not sure what his thoughts are with working the bubbles yet. But soon enough I'm sure I'll find out! Grandpa Frank always gets to bed as soon as he can and then gets up super early! Guess it must be an old people thing! ;) But Bret was up too because his school/sleep schedule is like that. Josh, of course, sleeps in as much as he can. I try to too. Sleep and recovery is a big deal with this type of work. So that sums up everyone. Me, Josh, Grandpa, Bret, and Jesse. Bunch of guys under a woman's management! That's right!
Grandpa Frank working the bubbles. Josh jumping a kid at the Rock wall
So to continue with the first day of the fair, it was a little rough. Everyone was trying to understand and know how to work each item. It wasn't too complicated, but did take some time. Everyone got somewhat burnt. Being out in the sun for just a few hours straight will definitely get you. I don't think anybody got it as bad as Jesse though. His eyes were burnt and his face. I felt really bad. But, again, I think he enjoyed working, just wasn't fully aware of the work it took. Grandpa Frank got his face and the back of his legs a little red too. He's so white! Anyway, so the first day was a fun and easy day. The second day was a little more busy at both the Wall and the bubbles. When working the wall and bubbles, it's funny, because you pretty much have the same stories for everyday of every fair. Just kind of how it goes.
Something really neat about this fair is they do traditions! One tradition is they have street games every morning of the fair at 9 a.m. It involves kid races, adult races, games, and their famous Egg Toss Competition. So you know, Josh and I were all over the egg toss! We did really well, until I dropped it. :( We did over the back throws, hiking it, one handed catches, you name it, we probably did it. The egg toss is so huge! The whole town and more people come to do it. The entire street is pack! About a hundred yards in length and a three lane street wide! It's crazy! And this year marked their 100 years of Grangeville Border Days! So it was nuts!! Lots and lots of fun!
Josh preparing for the egg toss
Half the people who do the egg toss! There's a lot more behind me!
Then the last day was slow. It was the fourth of July, and it was a monday. People are doing their own thing or traveling somewhere. We didn't do too hot. But it was very hot outside! After it died down we started to pack up. I had Bret, Jesse, and Grandpa Frank at the bubbles taking down and Josh and I took down the wall. It was nice because it only took a few hours. It was so hot outside that when we emptied the pool for the bubbles the water went straight to the drain and then the rest dried up from the sun. It was a nice take down. Funny, yet dumb story..Josh and I were taking down the wall and it was all taken down. I just needed to lower the wall. I get some teenage hick, who had been watching us take down the whole time, said, "Hey can I do the jump?" It was so funny. Josh and I both said, "Really?! You've been watching us take down the whole time and now you're asking to do it?" Then the kid has the audacity to say, "Well set it back up!" Josh and I were on fire at this point. We told the kid he was dumb for even asking such a question and then he goes to say, well I was going to give you a hundred bucks to do it. Ha! That was bull! Oh, kids these days...
Well the Grangeville fair is over! One down and so many more to go. Should be a fun year. Many problems will arise, as they already have, but I'll keep on trucking. It's going to be really sad when Josh has to leave for school. I don't know how I'll get humored, or have a running partner, or even someone to just vent too. But I know it's for his own good..yadda yadda. ;) Thanks for reading. Next stops for us are: Chewelah, WA for the Wall and Salem, OR for the bubbles. Good luck to Josh, Grandpa Frank and me!
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