I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK

Forget what I said earlier about not going to the Great Outdoor Games--we were able to get out of the house for a couple hours this afternoon/evening to check it out. What a hoot! Turns out it was free to get in, so we headed over and caught the practice for the Big Air competition. Granted, it's a ridiculous sport, but if you like dogs--especially labs--it's fun to watch for a little while. I don't think I've ever seen a dog get more excited about anything than these dogs getting ready to jump off a dock. We couldn't be away from home for too long so we had to choose between either watching the men's Timber Endurance (which sounds like a bad porno film) or going to the beer tent to have a beer and a brat--guess which we chose? (I know I can get bratwurst in Basel, but it's just not the same.) I just wish we had more time to take pictures of the vendor tents, most of which seemed to involve hunting (my favorite was probably the Take a Child Hunting Foundation).