Every year, the twin cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda put on a big week long festival celebrating their heritage as major ports on the Erie Canal. Last night, I wandered around the festival for a little while and took these pictures.
Of course, a big part of the appeal of these street fairs is the unhealthy food so abundantly available-- how could anyone resist the lights and colors and the prospect of nibbling on an elephant ear?
This was a new one to me: kids would climb inside these inflated plastic balls and run around like hamsters in a shallow pool of water. Considering how hot and muggy it was last night, I can't imagine voluntarily encasing myself in plastic, but then I'm not a kid anymore.
There were, as usual, lots of games of chance on the midway. I guess the stuffed bananas so prominently displayed above were not sufficient to attract the gaming crowd.
Now these overstuffed prizes, however, drew a steady stream of players (though I only saw one walking away with a giant red teddy bear).
Every year, the twin cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda put on a big week long festival celebrating their heritage as major ports on the Erie Canal. Last night, I wandered around the festival for a little while and took these pictures.
Of course, a big part of the appeal of these street fairs is the unhealthy food so abundantly available-- how could anyone resist the lights and colors and the prospect of nibbling on an elephant ear?
This was a new one to me: kids would climb inside these inflated plastic balls and run around like hamsters in a shallow pool of water. Considering how hot and muggy it was last night, I can't imagine voluntarily encasing myself in plastic, but then I'm not a kid anymore.
There were, as usual, lots of games of chance on the midway. I guess the stuffed bananas so prominently displayed above were not sufficient to attract the gaming crowd.
Now these overstuffed prizes, however, drew a steady stream of players (though I only saw one walking away with a giant red teddy bear).
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Nik and Helen got into those balls on Wednesday. They loved it and it was hilarious to watch.
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