First, the stone toss. Ravi Fuentes grabbed the boys' stone and showed us how it was done:
For older boys and the men, there was a larger stone. . .
. . . that was a huff and a puff to hoist. Some speculated it weighed as much as 80 pounds.
Here's Evan getting ready to throw:
Steve Fuentes was the second to last contestant and made a phenomenal toss. (Notice the Michael Jordan tongue.)
Steve's throw was the longest until the next--and last--contestant stepped up and hurled the rock. Joshua Erber, stone toss champ:
The next competition was a pole toss where we had to throw a small tree trunk end-for-end.
Dad giving it a throw:
Yes, I tried it myself. Can't say I elicited many oohs and aahs from the crowd. Don't they have smaller poles for skinny people?
Of course all the girls were entranced by the guys' muscular feats:
Last, a giant "boffer" sword-fighting match with weapons made from PVC, foam and duct tape.
It looks like the kid above may have had the big guys on the run. . . and below, Coleman Wells faces his opponent with grit.
Coleman's older brother Martin:
Killed by a girl!
Evan is wounded:
Finally, as the sun set and evening overcast the sky, everyone went to the church basement for some English country dancing. These two pics are of the Virginia Reel.
We were blessed to participate in an apple gleaning last Sunday~needless, to say we brought home bushels! After sharing many, we began turning them into applesauce and apple juice. The kids and I spent a whole day working on them and made 6 gallons of juice and 17 pints of applesauce. We still have loads of apples, so we've been enjoying them many ways and I'll spend another day this week canning and juicing! So after eating and drinking apples a few days, do you believe I started in w/a cold--now whatever happened to an "apple a day keeps the doctor away"? I guess it helped though, my sore throat only lasted 24 hours:)
