Donkey Derby

Last weekend we packed up the kids and took them to Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek is a small casino town about an hour from us. Every summer they have three weekends of Summer Fest. Each weekend they have a different theme. The theme this last weekend was Donkey Derby Days. They were having a donkey race (we missed it) and a bunch of other activities.

Our first stop when we arrived was the miniature pony rides. Each kid got to pick one pony that they wanted to ride. Caleb got the smallest pony, so small in fact that Caleb and the pony were the same height. Campbell picked one that was a regular pony, not a miniature. They were both very excited to be on the ponies. Though, I don't know who decided the pony ride location. It was directly across the street from the fire house. During our kids' rides the fire trucks had to leave the fire house. Not a big deal, except that they decided to use their horns, despited the fact that the road was closed because of the festivities. The horn didn't faze Caleb's horse thankfully. But Campbell's horse spooked and started hopping around. Campbell was bucked off in this process. Luckily, the man charged with staying with her during the ride was on top of it and caught her. All ended well.

After the ponies we went to the petting zoo. I don't know what it is around here, but they call these things petting zoos but there is always only one animal variet to pet. Also, 3 of the 4 that we have been to have been goats. Once they got to pet rabbits. Anyway, they went to pet the goats. They had baby miniature goats that were small enough even Caleb could hold them. Although, he didn't like it because he thought they were eating him. They were actually only licking him.

Campbell then went for a donkey ride down the street. Caleb and I stayed behind and visited with the baby donkey and the llamas. Once she returned we headed down the street to get our lunch. Aaron got his sausage dog. Campbell had a hamburger, and Caleb had a hotdog. I ate Campbell's leftover hamburger and Caleb's leftover hotdog. The kids also got some face painting done.

At noon, they had a parade. We sat through that. It was just like any smalltown parade. There were a bunch of old cars. The Shr*iners were there. At least at this parade they threw out candy. This was Caleb's favorite part of the day. This kids loves candy, especially chocolate. After the parade we headed home.