Photo TR: Matamoras Community Festival

[Hercules]

I attended the annual Matamoras Community Festival this past Saturday night for a big grand total of 27 minutes. Yes, there was that much to do there. It was so exciting. And to think, it actually used to be crappier. The first year they had it, my girlfriend and I went and made the rounds in 5 minutes and left. Pretty pathetic. Well, it has gotten better, but it still really sucks. I was actually supposed to work there this week (my girlfriend's parents sell body jewelry and sterling silver and I was supposed to help) but it was deemed not worth it by us because of the flood killing one night and the chance of rain for 2 of the remaining 3. Anyway, enough about that boring crap.

 

EDIT: Sorry, it's been a while since I've done a PTR. The pics are backwards. I hope you enjoy though.

The entrance to the welcome center off of I84 was still flooded.

Well, this is where we are. The Matamoras Fire Department puts this on every year here at Airport Park in Matamoras, PA. I'm sure I could come up with something relatively humorous to say here, but I won't just in respect of how great of a job they did

Yay! Country music in a trailer!

This is the big ticket attraction at the "festival" - the swinging ship. The thing actually sways from side to side about a foot each way on every swing. You know it is a bad sign when they can't even hang the sign up.

Anybody with a death wish?

Once again, out in the open. Too bad they didn't take into account that only 10% of the Matamoras and Port Jervis population can actually read.

A little love for the Trabant.

The crappy kiddie rides with other equally crappy rides in the background.

See Dan - water can be fun!

This girl kicked some serious butt. See those three popped balloons? All her. Now daddy gets to carry around a giant stuffed snake for the rest of the night in the horrible humidity.

This is the infamous dunk tank. In previous years it has just looked like river water, but this year with the flooding, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually was. Those crazy Republicans.

It's not a party in Hicksville without beer.

Ok, so, 10% of people can actually read. So taking into account that approximately 4% of those are children and young adults under the age of 21 and the fact that people have a hard time reading when drunk, that means that only 2.5% will actually compreh

Wrestling was there and was mildly entertaining and was the only reason I was able to stay for the 27 minutes that I did. I left just after this match was over, which included a guy get thrown through a flaming table, a fight outside of the ring that led