Cowapolooza 11

Saturday morning we headed off to Woodstock to meet up with the Hollinger's to take in the annual Cowapolooza in Woodstock.   A donation to the Food Bank was your price of admission.  McDonald's was giving away free coffee, someone else was handing out free cold bottled water, free walking sticks, etc. etc.  How nice is that!!

The first event we took in was the Strong Man/Strong Woman Competition.    In the  Log Press  the men lifted 405 pounds and the women 275 pounds.  It was a lift, curl and straight arm press over the head.  My back hurt just watching.

 This was followed by the Farmers Walk.  For this event the men carried 211 pounds in each hand.  That is 422 pounds up a slight incline, turn and back to the finish line.  The ladies carried 121 pounds per hand.

Off to the canal to watch the Ducky Derby.  Unfortunately by the time we arrived all the ducks were sold.  Judy had one in the race but I think her duck turtled along the way.  A dump truck dropped them into the canal and a fireman on the top of the bridge used a hose to get them moving in the right direction.

It took awhile but eventually some of them made a break for it and headed down to the finish line.

 From this excitement we headed over to watch some cow milking.  John and Judy could hardly contain their enthusiasm!!.  The participants were pretty lousy at their work but managed to get a little milk in the pail.  And most people managed to avoid the fairly large cow paddies that were left behind.

 Kristina, Chris and Gwenny joined us for part of the afternoon.  Here Gwenny and Grandpa are checking out some of the entertainment.  She spent her afternoon clapping and waving at everyone.  I now have a Gwenny picture on my blog also!!

A Nascar vehicle all dressed up for Cowapolooza.  Had to catch a picture of this.

 Canadian Pro Wrestling was the next stop for our enjoyment.  This is basically well choreographed gymnastics.  These boys are entertainers that work very hard at NOT hurting each other.  They were competing for the Bovine Belt.    The first guy was supposed to be a jerk from Philadelphia (I think), then the local boy, a Russian and then the hero - Robbie McAllister and some guy dressed up like Spiderman.

  

 The local boy beat the American (of course).  The Russian didn't want to play nice and was nasty to Spiderman.  So Robbie McAllister had to come to the rescue and save Spiderman from the nasty Russian.  He DEMANDED a match with the Russian to get even......oh boy.  That is where we left to go for some dinner.

 After dinner we returned to the park to watch four 15 year old boys performed on stage as a group known as The Beagles.  They performed The Beatles early hits and did a great job.

 Then to top off a great day we were entertained for an hour and a half by The Stampeders.  We have seen some old rocker bands that can no longer sing.  They make up for the lose of voice by volume.  But these guys could still carry a tune, laughed at themselves and were very entertaining.  They mentioned that they were sorry that they had enticed the big crowd by using pictures that were 25 years old as shown below.

They also mentioned "we are "even bigger today"...  Which they certainly are. Rich Dodson, Ronnie King and Kim Berly were all still on their game and put on a great show.

 Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day to spend visiting, playing in the pool and enjoying the company of good friends before we headed back home Sunday evening.  A great weekend in Woodstock.

Until next time - safe travels.