A Parade of Disappointment

I have always loved Oktoberfest! I love the rides, the food, the people, but most of all, I love the parade. Before I could even walk I‘ve been watching the Oktoberfest parade. Every year, I anticipated the excitement of the parade. However, I wasn’t really impressed with it this year! One of the main reasons for this is the lack of creativity of the floats. Normally, people try to improve their floats every year for a little friendly competition. This year more of the floats haven’t changed a bit. Where’s the fun in that?! Not to mention the fact that there weren’t as many floats as there usually is. Therefore, the parade was shorter. This disappointed me because, I remember the parade lasting until almost four ‘o clock at night. Those were the good old days! Maybe if the floats weren’t spaced so far apart from each other, the parade would have ended another hour earlier. I also didn’t like how the people riding on the floats seemed less enthusiastic. Usually the people on the floats are always handing out neat stuff or just acting crazy to entertain the crowd. Overall ,in my opinion, the parade was pretty lame. I’m starting to think that the only way the parade would be as fun as it used to be, is if the person watching it was wasted!

Drag Races

One of the most intense adrenaline rushes is drag racing, and on Saturday night, that’s what I did. My boyfriend and I took his 2001 Monte Carlo to the La Crosse Fairground Speedway, and raced it. There was some really good competition racing that night, especially the 1970’s ere Chevelles. There was everything from hotrods, to trucks, to miniature motor bikes. For the first half hour all the cars raced just for practice and fun. This was a good chance to see what his Monte Carlo could do. After the practice rounds, they split the cars up into different groups to race them. The first car that we went up against was a Ford Taurus SHO. We ended up beating him, but shortly after that, unfortunately, he beat us. Our second and last loss was a newer model Firebird. However, we were victorious over a few races. One of them being a trans am in very good condition. That one shocked us a bit! Although we didn’t come out on top, we did have a lot of fun! Isn’t that what it’s all about?

The Eve Of Destruction

Between the explosions, the crashes, and the excitement of the crowd, the La Crosse Fairground Speedway was the place to be on Saturday night. The Eve Of Destruction has been the annual crowd pleaser for as long as I can remember, and every year this event becomes even more exciting. The first event of the evening was the hornets race. Which is a group of four cylinder cars that race around the track for points while demolishing the opponents car. After the hornets race, came the steel wall challenge. This is an interesting one because the racer drives as fast as they can through a car that stands straight up. There are a lot of different racing divisions, however, these regularly scheduled events were not as interesting as the breaker popping, form the fireworks ,during the bus jump. The bus to jumped off of a ramp, over eight cars ,that have been previously crushed by the monster trucks. Even though the power was out for almost three hours, the stunt men on bikes, and the jet car, livened up the crowd.. Luckily, the power came back on right before the last event of the night. Which was the trailer race. This one was my favorite, because it is basically a group of vehicles ,with trailers, that completely annihilate each other. Overall I would have to say that it was worth the money.