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That was hilarious. It's a universal phrase for every event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE

I love Lambert's! We eat at the one in Foley, AL when we go to the beach. I could eat until I made myself sick!

That Barbecue place looks interesting. I love hole-in-the-wall places like that. I've eaten at the Mellow Mushroom by the Chattanooga Aquarium and it was really good. Looking forward to your park pictures!

Cute overload! And that tiger looked pretty relaxed just chilling in a truck. Great update!

That's what we expected from this thing, but it was nothing like that. We would have loved it had they given out samples!

Still great stuff, as always!

I am most definitely a friend of Big Mike! Hope to meet up with you again!

Awesome updates! Great stuff. That fun house looks like it was a lot of ... fun.

Stopped and put half a tank in yesterday and it was $3.65 here.

Awesome! What a gorgeous place!

Posted it on facebook yesterday afternoon. Hope you all have fun!

If I wasn't at work I'd be laughing out loud. Great stuff as always! Looking forward to the next installment.

Yay the ad is gone! Thanks guys! We did expect more for the price. Oh well, lesson learned. And thanks, that attempt was my favorite, too, despite the sun!

Wow, it's looking great! Really changes the look of that whole area. Can't wait to try it!

My thread got hijacked by a DVD ad!

My kids are both obsessed with Spongebob. Looks like fun!

It really grosses me out when it's on the headrest area. I just try not to think about it and just take a good shower when I get home!

Okay, Part II: Mini Golf. We came back the next day to use our golf passes and my sister-in-law and our nieces came and played golf with us. It was brutally hot. Again, what happened to spring? This is a really nice golf course, although a little boring. It's mostly just fountains and waterfalls. Well, that's all it is, really. But it's so much nicer than the cheesy golf course we used to have. My kids got tired of playing about halfway through the course. We didn't keep score or anything. Enjoy. Heading up to the clubhouse. Blurry golf pass that was attached to our admission bracelets from the day before. Clubhouse is small, but nice and clean. Ally ready to play! Cammy couldn't be still long enough for a picture! Walking out to the course. Rules Hole #1. Hole #2. Cammy taking a break. Danny being himself. I got a hole in one on #2! Water. Cammy taking a break. This became a theme. More water. There is seriously water everywhere. I lost track of which pictures were of which holes. Girls, get off the green! This was heard multiple times throughout the course. More water. These are seriously all different fountains, not multiple pictures of the same fountain. Danny being himself again. The adults pretty much gave up at this point and just let the kids play. Self-portrait attempt #1. Fail. Attempt #2, staring directly into the sun. Fail. 'nother fountain. Attempt #3. Aah, screw it. They were so ready to be done! More water. And that's pretty much it! I have a baking TR to do now!

Okay, so I had higher hopes for the barbecue festival than I had for the chocolate festival. I was mistaken. Yes, there was barbecue everywhere, but not available to the public. Huh? It was all for competition. They had one pavilion where you got a free sandwich, which wasn't even a good barbecue sandwich. So we spent $20 for myself and Danny to get in (the kids were free), and we got one sandwich each and one round of mini golf. The whole "festival" was just walking around watching people cook barbecue for the competition later that afternoon. We were expecting the different entrants to have samples or something, but nope. Totally not worth $20, and we won't be going back next year. I think I'm giving up on Gadsden's food related festivals in the future. We saved our free golf round and went back on Sunday and played, so I'll do a part two for those pictures. Heading across the park. We had to park on the opposite end from the actual festivities. The sun was out in full force. For some reason we skipped right over spring and went straight from winter to summer. Black Creek. Don't do it, Noccalula!! Blurry wristband. Sign. There was a "Professionals" section and a "Backyard Griller" section. I just took pictures of random areas. Nothing really exciting. It was mostly just people sitting around cooking or doing nothing at all. Kids area. We didn't stay long enough for the girls to play. We made one round and checked everything out then left. For some reason I found this sign amusing. Heading into the Backyard Grillers section. This one was humorous. Not sure if I'd want to eat anything from a place called Filthy Pigs. You know you're in Alabama when someone turns Hank into a hog. This team was my sister-in-law's sister and husband. Danny said their team name made his butt pucker. Band. Apparently this is who was playing. And that ends the barbecue part of the report. I'll post the mini golf later.

Jealous that you went to a festival that actually had, in abundance, the food item of its namesake. Looks like a lot of fun!

Great pictures! Enjoying each installment. Call me crazy, but I'm not a big fan of hashbrowns. Gasp. I agree! That was about the cutest picture ever!

Beautiful wedding! I love the train meal idea; very unique. Thanks for sharing! And best wishes to Amy and Dave!

Holy crap! Incredible job! I liked it on facebook. So far you're way ahead of the other two! Good luck!

Gorgeous ship. What an awesome work reward! Looking forward to the rest of your report!

Those flats are insane, nothing like the ghetto fairs I'm used to! I don't know if I'd have the nerve to get on some of those! Great pictures, though!