Cotton Gin Festival

This weekend we had a good ol' country-fied "Cotton Gin Festival" at the park above my house. This is where farm folk and country bumpkins come out of the woodworks! I had no idea we had so many around this area! This was the first year that I went to it... I took Storm to join along in the fun.

They had some people dressed up in civil war uniforms with a small cannon... don't let the word "small" fool you, it was EXTREMELY loud. Here are a few pictures... Needless to say, Storm didn't too much care for the loud boom that she heard, I think the vibrations through the ground scared her a bit too. But then again, I don't know of too many dogs that can handle such a loud "ka-boom"!

We got to eat funnel cake and bought some cotton-candy... *mmmm* We bought some boiled peanuts and a bag of homemade pork-rinds. Haven't tried them yet, but a sweet lady gave Storm a couple to taste test... They passed!

I hope that I educated a few people out there. I had her gentle leader on and almost everyone thought it was a muzzle. I noticed a few "if you have to put a muzzle on her, why did you bring her here" looks from some people. Some did ask if it was a muzzle & I politely corrected them saying it was a gentle leader, not a muzzle & explained how it worked. Kids really wanted to pet her... kids are not biased against pit bulls, they just see D~O~G~G~I~E. But many parents were afraid, except for the few that told me their stories of raising pits or their friend has a pit. I always told everyone, she's a licker, not a biter!

All in all the day went well. One of the stages where people had been playing blue-grass & gospel music was still set up, so I saw perfect photo op! People stopped to watch me take her pictures. Here's a couple of what we came up with...