Festival of Colors: Mission Accomplished

Aubs and I have had one common goal since last year about this time: go to the festival of colors. We could have gone last year...we thought about it, but decided we were "too tired" because we'd just come back from last year's St. George trip. A few hours later when a few of our friends came back from the festival, covered in color and dust, we decided there was no way we were going to miss out on that the next year. So. The time finally came, and baby, oh, baby, was it ever fun!! I lost a flip-flop, got battle wounds, and I think I'm still recovering from inhaling so much chalky colored crazy. :) But it was an absolute blast! Hello, new tradition every year until I move away from this valley of insanity. :) Alaina, you are already committed to coming with us next year. You may absolutely NOT be out of the country. Ya hear?? :)

I would also like to mention that we had to park and ended up hitch hiking the last few miles to get there. Had we lost our mode of transportation, you ask? Why, no. It's just that the whole world decided to go as well. Seriously, I've never seen a traffic jam in Spanish Fork, Utah, of all places, but there's a first time for everything, I guess! Honestly, I was too chicken to do it, and the guys were convinced no one would stop for them. (they were right) so Aubs, the brave/crazy one of the moment was our hitch-hiking hero of the day. :)

And mom: hitch hiking = we hopped in the back of kind people's trucks and then hopped back out again, one time on the way there, and one time on the way back. Each time as they came to a full and complete stop to let us out. I know that doesn't completely soothe your mind, but keep in mind that on the way back, I had only one shoe and...uhm...a battle wound...on my other foot. :) All healed now, but seriously...the 3 miles or so I would have had to walk like that? I love kind people with trucks. :)

Please also note the man in the orange spandex body suit. Only don't look too closely at him. Some people are so crazy it makes me laugh. Hehehe... we couldn't let a sight like that go unnoticed. That's like walking past all the crazies in San Fran the first time you see them. Must be documented at least once. :)

It's times like these that I wish I had a better camera, or the time/materials to further enhance the color insanity of this event, but..huh. I didn't. :) The end.