Chitlin' Hoedown!

Today we made our annual trek with friends to Yatesville, home of the Chitlin' Hoedown. An entire day spent eating roadside barbecue and Maw Maw's fried pies (fortunately still in operation after her death last summer), scarfing down boiled peanuts, packing in loads of people watching, enjoying the best Chitlin' parade EVER, and just generally hanging out with friends in the sunshine - what could be better? In all the years that we've been going, I don't think we've ever taken a camera. First pictures ever of Chitlin' Fest! We got some great pictures inside a building that we've admired for several years, and also paid a stop to the Full Gospel Thrift Store on the way home. Although no purchases were made at Full Gospel and no one actually ate the chitlins this year (Donald is the only one to have ever claimed that prize), we can always hope for next year! Welcome to Yatesville!
The Chitlin' Window - Where the magic happens! Just don't stand downwind...

Yum! That's the combo plate, not the scrap plate. I'm still not clear what you'd get if you ordered that one.

Picnic on the lawn

Waiting for the parade to begin

Mr. and Mrs. Chitlin'! This was the first of three fantastic Mustangs to appear in the parade this year. I could hardly pay attention to anything else...but then the Shriners came by!

Possibly my favorite float - you know how I love hats!

Well, this one was good, too!

As was this one - Not sure where the "real" left off and the "costume" began on this guy.

I just liked the slogan on this one.

That's a tractor trailer with an airbrushed rendition of Da Vinci's Last Supper down the side. Don't see that very often.

Crowd shot - I love the guy in the foreground.

A rat tail hairdo and a REALLY smokin' shirt

The Andersons pose for a pic

Love ALL of these pictures - This building is open to the sky and has beautiful weathered brick inside and out.

See you next year!