almost a guinness world record...

this past weekend, our little town attempted to put itself on the map. the goal: to break the guinness world record for the largest atv parade. it was the 25th anniversary of the all-terrain vehicle association of minnesota (atvam).

let me tell you people, we came damn close. early in the day, i heard we had far succeeded it, later on, i heard we were about 60 participants short. bummer. currently, the harlan county ridge runners in evarts, kentucky hold the record for longest atv parade. the club set the record at 1138 atv's in the summer of 2006. i think we had enough atv's but somehow some of them were disqualified. argh! oh well, it was a fun weekend nonetheless.

on saturday, jenn, tucker and i headed down to the pancake feed at the fire hall. tucker had no interest in eating, he only wanted to look at the firetrucks. derek was nice enough to show him around while we ate. they had nearly 300 people that came for breakfast. it was delish!

we ran home and cleaned up and got ready for the big parade. we headed downtown to get a spot to watch things. we found carrie jo and hope and stood by them. it wasn't long and jenn and jen met up with us. we watched the parade which was nearly two hours long! insane! wheeler, after wheeler, after wheeler! when i asked tucker if he was having fun, all he could say was, 'WOW'!

here are some random pictures from the day. the first shot is me and my little dude. the second is one shot out of about 30 i took of the atv parade. i also got shots of every single person we knew in the parade including our brothers, my sil, my dad and sister, and a ton of our friends. the third shot is tucker watching all the wheelers. the last shot is of the helicopter that was giving rides in town all day. yes, you heard right, they actually were giving helicopter rides all day around town. let me tell you, this town was in the big time this weekend. we had helicopter rides. :)

that evening, matt and i went out to dinner at the crossings. then, we hit up the new lounge. oh. my. god. it does not even feel like you are in silver bay anymore! the place is pimped out! amazing! and guess what - i have no pictures!!! sorry to disappoint. looks like i'll have to get some next weekend. anyways, we had an awesome night with friends. i took a few pictures, but i'll be keeping them in the vault. :)

Comments

Eli was walking by my computer as I was reading your post and says, "What the heck is going on there? Where is that? Is that Silver Bay?" hahaha.... he was cracking up!!

That is insane. How do you get DQ in this type of event???

Cool shots!

Posted by: Jaime | 2008.06.18 at 22:00

my mom told me about how cool it was to be a part of it... how do you put together something like that, come so close and not make it is what i want to know?? only in sb... just kidding!

loving tucker's shades. they totally go with the sippy cup, ha ha! what a cool dude.

Posted by: Jessica | 2008.06.17 at 22:00