Day 36 - Ocean Shores, WA - 3215 Miles

Last day of the Sand and Sawdust Festival. Hopefully all these people will get the Hell out of town now. I did participate in Washington's version of bull riding. 

After watching a bunch of six-year olds do it I figured I could too. My first fear was actually getting to the shark without falling on the inflated cushions. By the time I reached the the shark a few heads were turning in the auditorium. My next fear was thinking it was a long way to swing my leg to get on without falling over. At that point an actual crowd had started to form. When I took my hat off I heard a "Yee Haw!" from somewhere in the room. Little did they know I had paid the kid extra to not actually start up the machine. I got my picture and I was done. If the kid had gone anywhere near the controls I would have been off in a heartbeat. The crowd was clearly disappointed. They had smelled blood in the water.

The older guy who was in charge of the machine said, "You could actually do it."

Things were slow at that point and I think he felt this could drum up business.

I said, "You could actually get sued."

Thus ended the encounter.

I may post a couple of pics while we're on the cruise, but Blogger via cellphone is not very elegant. Also, without my computer I can't get photos from the camera to the cellphone or do any editing so they will be pictures taken with my cellphone. Not up to my high artistic standards, but you get what you pay for.