Kent finds a nearby festival in San Augustine. It sounds like a great way to spend a few hours on a beautiful Saturday. Off we go. It has a lot of the regular small town fall festival attractions: a car show, a kid’s costume parade and contest, BBQ competition, a dunk tank, church bake sales, crafters, face painting, and here in TX, gun raffles! It is surprising how popular they are as fundraisers.
We watch a bit of the costume judging and a kids version of mechanical bull riding….something else decidedly Texan; then sample brisket (delicious) and ribs (not bad). I have never seen fried Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and cannot resist. They are gooey and yummy. We try the namesake sassafras, a syrupy sweet tea. A bit like root beer or cream ale but not really my thing. Small town festivals never fail to entertain. It was a fun outing
AL at Noccalulu Falls Park, and in Roosevelt SP just east of Jackson MS.
Check it out!
Twice. A big hit with Willa. It is a beautiful morning as she heads back to school. We had a great time. Willa too, I think. We look forward to her next stay.
Check out his unique bass drum. I have the itch to create a travel schedule built around music festivals!
and later as she opens gifts (with lots of help from Big Sis). I seems like it was just yesterday when I first held her. There are flashbacks to Willa’s first birthday too. It is wonderful to watch them come into their own but I do wish time would slow just a bit. I’d like to savor these moments a little longer.
A moist apple cinnamon cake (the flavor a nod to Hazel’s taste for apples) is covered with cinnamon buttercream icing. Smash cake decoration is all Hazel too, a field of grass dotted with clover and dandelions. 
She snatches up a fistful of grass anytime she can get close enough to it. She seems to appreciate the buttercream version as well. A three-tier layer cake wrapped in LOTS more cinnamon buttercream goes over well with the rest of the guests. We step up the “party factor” of Willa’s slice with some sprinkles.
Willa’s 1st b’day grasshopper makes an appearance for some cross-kitchen racing. 
Willa presents her hand-made dolly and we a stuffed bat adopted as a symbol of support to Bat Conservation International and their work to preserve essential habitat for bats and other animals that share it. A little unconventional I suppose but seems in line with her love of the outdoors.
. I get flashbacks from episodes as we walk set to set..a transporter room, the main saucer hall, Bone’s sick bay, Kirk’s quarters, engineering, a turbo-lift, and the bridge. Take a look at me in the captain’s chair…Kent too!
interesting military history that ended in its destruction followed by years of neglect. Fortunately, reconstruction is well underway and the enthusiastic kids giving tours seem well informed. We enjoy our walk through. Some of the fort-life demonstrations are done for the season but they still have cooking, cannon and small arms demonstrations.