bumble bum!

We headed downtown Friday evening for the Jazz & Rib Fest [claimed to be] the biggest in the country. It lasts for three days, and about 100,000 pounds of ribs are consumed. Dennis got a boneless rib sandwich at the first place we stopped, and it was a complete ripoff. I got a bratwurst from the huge Johnsonville truck [pic], which was good, and we travelled on to the booth of last year's winner. Much, much better. We ate on the grass by the river and watched some jazz group for a while. Nothing too impressive.

We were sitting probably less than a hundred yards from where they were shooting off the fireworks at the beginning of the month; in about a three-foot radius, I found about half a shell's worth of cardboard fragments from the fireworks. Good stuff.

I think we could have better timed our purchase of a rack of ribs, though, because we had to cook it Saturday, which we did for lunch. It turned out really well, though... the perfect fall-off-the-bone tenderness... mmm... we finished off a rack between the two of us.

Saturday evening was the county fair, which was mostly unimpressive. We only went for the demolition derby, though, which was all right. It had its awesome moments, and had its slow moments.

This picture was taken just before the first heat.

I would have taken more pictures, but pictures don't quite capture the essence of a demolition derby. So I put together a little highlight reel of short videos I took. Don't critique it too much; I spent almost no time on it. There are things I'd change... like using an actual video camera, for one. Well, whatever. The link's below.

[reel link]
quicktime format, 2.7 mb