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Quite an eventful Labor Day Weekend:

First, from our home town - the Kendall County Fair and Rodeo takes place every labor Day Weekend. It kicks off with a parade down Main Street (don't you just love a town that calls it's main street "Main Street"?). The cool thing about the parade is that just about everyone watching the parade knows someone in it. The same thing happens with the Christmas parade. About every other year we're in one or the other, usually as part of various kids organizations. After the parade it's on to the Fair and Rodeo.

Americana on Parade at Kendall County Fair

The blaring horns of classic cars and dune buggies greeted children standing along Main Street, waving American flags and carrying plastic bags for storing candy during Saturday morning's Kendall County Fair parade.

The Boerne High School marching band, the Kendall County royalty court, clowns and a float playing the “Boot Scootin' Boogie” entertained the estimated 3,500 who took in the hourlong parade.

Red, white and blue popped up everywhere in the crowd, from hats and T-shirts to chairs and umbrellas. Army veteran Don Rudy said the parade was an excellent educational opportunity for children.

“It is little steps like this that get them believing in our country,” he said, pointing to his grandchildren Jenna and Jacob Deed.

Then there was the announcement from the State Fair of Texas proclaiming the Texas Fried Frito Pie is the winner of the biggest food prize for this year's state fair.

The battered and fried blend of chili, cheese and Fritos won the Best Taste award Monday at the sixth annual Big Tex Choice Awards.

Concoction creator Michael Thomas says he and his partners spent six months experimenting with different batters, chilis and chips.

Fried Beer won the Most Creative award. It will be served this year along with the Deep Fried Frozen Margarita.

I like Frito Pie. I also like beer, margaritas, and fried food. But there are some things that just shouldn't be fried. I'll hold off on condemning the fried frito pie, at least until after I try it, but beer or margaritas should not be mixed with hot grease. 

Texas Fried Frito Pie – "A generous portion of savory Texas born chili accented with a hint of sharp cheddar encased in everybody’s favorite corn chip. Lightly battered and fried to a golden brown perfection. With its smooth medley of hot, meaty, crunchy, salty, cheesy, oozing goodness; “Texas Fried Frito Pie” transports you back to the golden age of Fair Food."


Finally, we have some photos from a long-standing labor Day Weekend tradition here in Central Texas - tubing down the Guadalupe River. I used to do this 30+ years ago. We used old truck inner tubes back then. I had three: one for me, one for my black lab Chump, and one for the ice chest. The rules have changed since then (heck, back then there weren't any rules), but some things are still the same.

 

 

All in all, a damn fine weekend...