A Four Wheels Day

Casa Grande, AZ

Yesterday we spent the day at the Casa Grande Street Fair.  The last time we attended I was on the scooter recuperating from my shattered heel.  The day was just  beautiful.



Parking was a challenge but having a small car allowed us to find a spot that the truck wouldn't have fit in.  

The show was much larger than when we attended in the past.

Notice the "guns" mounted on this one.  It was difficult to get any pictures due to the large crowds.

This T-Bird would have looked better without the port-a-jon in the back.

I much preferred the motorcycles over the cars.

Bill owned a Continental but his never looked this good, but I must say he kept the black finish looking great. 

I believe this was a Crosley.  Notice the "horse" in the bed of the truck.

There were at least four blocks of street vendors selling their wares.  

There was also a band playing and of course any kind of food you'd want from a food truck.  

I have no idea how many people showed up for it, but it looked to me like everyone in town attended.

After the Street Fair, we supported the town in another way.  We attended the first match of the season for the Big House Bombers.  You're wondering who the Big House Bombers are, aren't you?  Well they are the Casa Grande Roller Derby team. 

We were shocked to see the parking lot packed when we arrived 45 minutes early.  We saw our friends, Neal and Candy in the bleachers and we climbed up to sit near them.   Bleachers are much more difficult to climb than I remember but we went to the top where we could rest our back.

We were given a half sheet of paper with roller derby 101 written on it.  Unfortunately, the print was so small and the lighting so poor you couldn't read it.  Instead before the match started the announcer explained what the jammers, pivots and blockers helmets meant.  I'm not sure I ever saw a penalty but the penalty box was occupied a lot.  

The team consisted of all shapes and sizes of girls as well as ages.  I was amazed as they skated around the track and the blockers knocked them down, how fast they got up off the floor.  The EMT were there and only needed twice during the match.  They were all good sports and hugging the opposing team during intermission.  They were a lot of fun to watch and you could see they loved having the crowd watch them.  At one point in the match the Desert Phantoms were ahead by 77 to 41 but in the end the Big House Bombers won by a very large difference.  

I'm sorry we didn't think to take any videos or photos.

Turtle Safely........