Our little family went to the Deming Duck Race Festival. It was interesting to say the least. We took the hour drive to the parking lot to take the shuttle to the festival. During the time we were waiting (almost an hour) for the shuttle to arrive, we met the organizers, apparently a very affluent family in Deming. They ended up taking us to the festival themselves. It was really nice of them, especially since we were getting really hot just waiting for the shuttle to arrive. The shuttle was supposed to come every 15 minutes.
We did have fun at the festival though.
One of the dry duck races...Here is one of the wet duck races...
We were so warm, we spent $12 just to get the largest size lemonades that the vendors were selling. The container of lemonade was almost as big as Hayli!
We also took a horse carriage ride. Hayli really enjoyed that!
When we got to the festival, we began asking the Duck Race Committee where we should go to get the shuttle back to the parking lot. Nobody knew where the drop off/pick up point was for the shuttle at the festival. We never did get an answer to this, and ended up walking the 18 blocks back to the parking lot after we were done at the festival. Needless to say, Conrad and I got really burned while walking back to the parking lot. Good thing we got that jumbo lemonade! It came in handy on this venture. =0) Hayli slept in her stroller all the way back to the parking lot and just ended up getting really warm (no sunburn). Below is a picture of the LONG road we walked down to get back to the parking lot. Next year, we will just drive to the festival directly... no more shuttle service for us!
