Heritage Day

Saturday was the annual Heritage day at Montgomery Museum where my friend Sue is the director. It's their big fundraiser and promotion day. And I was really impressed. There was a lot more going on than I expected.

They had a peach cook off which I was tempted to join but was basically too lazy. :-) But another of my friend Walt entered and came second! He cooked his dish on hot coals in front of the judges (one of which was Doris who runs the wine tasting I go to every other week). After the judging, you could try each of the dishes for a dollar.

Peach cook-off.

We first headed for the classic cars which were really cool.

Selection of classic cars

Stretch Caddy ambulance!! Traveling in style

Inside the ambulance

Classic Ford.

Christiansburg Fire Engine

Arty moment.

They also had a petting zoo. I has hoping for a few rabbits etc. But it was still fun. And I loved the goats. I have so many funny photos of them. :-)

The calves weren't very energetic.

And these guys just wanted to eat.

My new favorite photo! He wouldn't stand still!

There was also a VT entomology stand with lots of bugs, which was fun and really creepy. The lady there showed us some spiders and the baby versions which were so cute. But then they grow into the big ones which made my skin crawl.

New Mexico Scorpion

The baby version was very cute. 

Huge caterpillar found a few minutes early under a nearby tree.

There were also lots of people in period dress. I was in a sun dress and hot. So they must have been baking! It was great fun looking at all the costumes.

Typical civil war tent.

This lady spent a long time trying to recruit us as reenactors. 

Very enthusiastic soldier.

There were also loads of crafts stalls with some really nice things.

Making rugs

Hand-made leather crafts

It was a really good and I was so happy of Sue that the weather turned out well. And I got to take loads of photos and play with my camera. It was great fun!