- This is more younger kid (like Kyd's age) oriented than big kid -- unless you count the beer stand and fried fish sandwich booth. July 3rd, Owensville, MO (our home away from home). They never due July 4th on the 4th. Sometimes, they'll even do it on the 2nd if there are other things in nearby towns. The "festivities" start around 5:30 with a flag raising. The Lions Club has BINGO under the pavilion and the VFW Auxiliary does a cake walk (a quarter a walk). Usually there are a few little booths set up and run by kid organizations -- the dance group doing face painting to raise money to go to competitions; the day care with throwing rings around bottle type of things -- bubblegum machine type prizes, nothing overly spectacular. There's a mini tractor pull for kids using pedal tractors and a turtle race: BYOT. There are rather large trophies for the winners. Food booths -- the traditional fish sandwich run booth run by the volunteer firemen. $2.00 for a deep-fried fish patty between two pieces of white bread. Ketchup , pickles, onions and packets of iffy tartar sauce on the table under the trees. Can't explain the attraction, but you don't find a more sought after bit of "fair food" than these things. Another group sells pie and ice cream; roast beef. pork and funnel cakes. And beer. The fireworks start around 9:00 ish and are very nice. We take a few lawnchairs or throw blankets on the ground. Last year they redid the field so they no longer shoot the fireworks FROM the field, but outside of it so you can't get quite as close as you used to. But, you do get pelted with a fair bit of shrapnel and may need an inhaler if you tends toward an asthmatic condition. Fireworks last about 30 minutes and might not be as elaborate, but have the same shells as big-city displays. I've never been closer to the shells being set off than out there. Overall, rather low key. Afterwards we go back to our place and have a bonfire and s'mores -- should we save you spot lol ? Electric hookup is available lol. Even tote-your-own well water. If my mom takes a liking to ya she'll let you use the flush toilet even ... http://www.visitmo.com/quickSearch.cfm#Events http://www.missourifairsandfestivals.org/ This looks like there is something in Jeff City. http://www.visitjeffersoncity.com/calendar_july06.html maybe not so small town, but maybe more appealing to someone a bit older than 8 1/2 Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget E. Griffin" > Anyone know of any small town celebrations going on this weekend? **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw