Fall Festival in Big Rapids

The kids waiting for the parade to start


It's a real live policeman on horseback! I thought that was only in the movies!!
It's a giant pumpkin!


This weekend Big Rapids had a Fall Festival. Unfortunately it was cold and raining most of the time. But we tried to enjoy as much as we could. Friday night there was a Treasure Hunt through the stores of downtown. You got a clue at each place that would give you a hint as to where to go next. When we first started it was raining, and since our kids already have colds, we kept them in the car and one of us would go place to place. Once it stopped raining we got out and walked around. There was no treasure to be found though. I guess they're having a drawing to decide who wins, so it wasn't even a race. Oh well, it was something fun for our kids.

Today they had a parade through downtown. You could dress up if you wanted to. We just decided to watch. People dressed up their pets too. That was interesting. Then they had carnival games to play, inflatables to jump in, hot chocolate, and a giant pumpkin carving demonstration. We didn't stay very long since the kids were cold and it kept raining off and on. But here are some of our pictures.