Go 4th- Cardboard Regatta

The past couple of years we have missed our Go 4th celebration at Lake Sacagawea because we’ve been at Bible Camp. But this year we came home on the 1st…

Zack worked at the Young Republican’s booth, so Andy & Will and I decided to head down and check it out.

We happened to get there at the same time as the cardboard regatta was going on.

I had no idea what a big deal this thing is! Area businesses and groups make a boat entirely out of cardboard and duct tape and race them on the lake. There were 47 entries and over 5,000 spectators!

Some of the entries were built for buoyancy, some for speed, but some were just works of art.

Here are some pics of the races…

  

some never made it at all… :o(

But everyone had fun and it was neat to see all of the creative talent our community actually has!

I think our favorite part of the day was the food! Andy had Russian food and Will & I had hand-dipped corn dogs, fries, and deep-fried Twinkies. Yum!

Now that’s the way to kick off the 4th of July… :o)