Pumpkin Walk
We like to go on the pumpkin walk. It is held in Nauvoo, Illinois on one weekend in October. Local people and businesses carve pumpkins and display them in the streets. There are approximately 500-600 pumpkins! The highway is cordoned off for a kiddie costume parade. Vendors sell various food: ribeyes, pulled pork, walking tacos, lots of pies, fudge, etc. Once it gets dark, the pumpkins are lit up with candles. Some of them are truly amazing and intricate. Here is our adventure:
Kaydey, Karley, & Lynney
Bailey, Alex, & Jermaya
Alex and Jermaya were wanting to wear costumes, and we told them this was the perfect time to do so. Alex chose the old man mask out of our bucket of costumes, and Jer picked the hula skirt. He chickened out and didn't wear it! I got out my cane from when I had knee surgery, and Alex was very excited to have it! I was disappointed neither one wanted to wear the wolf man outfit!
Conner, Alex, Jer, Lynney, Bailey
Karley, Kaydey
When Alex was getting food, Kaydey snuck over and surreptitiously put on the mask and grabbed the cane. She just stood there silently until we noticed her, and she didn't say a word! We were totally dying laughing!!!!
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!!!
Nauvoo-Colusa Marching Band, playing "The Addams Family" theme song on their kazoos. Hilarious!
This is the Latter Day Saints Temple in Nauvoo. This is a replica of the original. The LDS people, led by Joseph Smith, came to the area to settle in the 1800's. The LDS people are a HUGE piece of Nauvoo history.
