A couple weeks ago, we spent a Saturday afternoon at the
Olde Canal Days Festival in Canal Fulton, Ohio. We went for a
canal boat ride back in the fall, but we went again for the "Civil War Boat Capture Re-enactment." The soldiers rode along with us on our cruise and re-enacted a little skirmish when we returned. The boys both thought it was pretty cool, although the pace of the boat ride itself was a tad slow for two rambunctious little ones.
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| This guy was the tour guide. You can see he is in period costume. |
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| Here are the soldiers who rode along with us. The guy holding the violin played it as we drifted along - he was pretty good! |
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| Monkey took this one of us on the boat. Notice he has figured out how to use the special effects on my phone and insists on using them. |
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| Bug, watching the world go by. |
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| Happy kid on a boat ride. |
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| They handed out earplugs for the kids, in preparation for the shooting of the guns. Bug really wanted to stick the earplugs in his nose, and when I said, "No, honey, they go in your ears," he just looked at me and made a perfect frowny face in response. Made me chuckle. |
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| Pulling back into the dock. In the background you can see the ferris wheel on the festival grounds, and also the horses that had pulled the boat. |
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| The soldiers disembarked... |
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| ...and strolled over looking for enemy troops... |
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| ... |
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| BOOM! |
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| POW! |
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| BANG! |
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| Monkey desperately wanted to go down this big slide. I was afraid he'd get up there and change his mind, but he did it! |
Overall, a fun excursion and a great little festival! Next year we'll allot more time for our visit; there was a lot to see and we didn't get to it all.
Looks like a really neat festival and a great way to spend the day. :) I don't think the plugs would have helped as much in his nose...but I bet he sure would have enjoyed trying them out that way!
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