Sportsman Expo in Monroe!

On Sunday, we went up to Monroe to see what the Sportsman Spring Expo had to offer. They were also doing a barbecue competition. Sadly, there was no Q for sale, it just smelled wonderful.
The big draw was the Les Schwab Trout Pond for kids.  That was the first thing we looked at

First time with a hook in the water.

Very intent

He got one!

Reeling it in! Not sure who the other little one is, but he sure is interested in Lon's fish!

Lon caught a Lon size trout.  We did not keep the trout.  You could keep it or throw it back. The idea of walking around with a fish in a plastic bag all afternoon did not sound like a good idea

Inside, they had a table set up for kids to make a sugar candy tube. Pretty nifty!

Pleased with his creation, but Mommy got to hold on to it. I think it is still in my pocket.

It took awhile, but Lon did pet the homing pigeon.  Just a little. The photographer for the fair said he got a great shot of Lon!

Lon discovered the line of RVs parked in the back of the expo hall. He went into every single one of them, sat in the front seats, looked at them all. He opened doors and cupboards.  He really likes RVs!

While he thought the big ones were amazing, this is the one that would suit our family best.
We met the Yis then! And Lon went back through all the RVs with them.

We went outside to the Super Bounce. It was not covered by midway tickets. That was fine, since we did not want to buy midway tickets.  It was 6 dollars to try the Super Bounce. Lon was a bit nervous at first. He said he wanted to do it, so he did.

Up he goes!

Higher! He is bouncing up pretty high, and enjoying it

Grace and her family met us right before Lon wanted to bounce again. Grace wanted to bounce too. She went higher and did a back flip.  She had been on a trampoline before. I have not let Lon get on trampolines. (I fell off one when I was little)

We went and looked at rides. Grace's sister and her friend were riding bumper cars and they took Lon with them. Lon LOVED it. His first grown up ride.

He is thrilled. He did not stop smiling

Then back to the smaller people rides. They were fun too. Auntie Michelle let Lon use their pass to ride on the swing, she also let him ride the spinning bears, but we think the operator of that one had something else to do, as it was the shortest ride ever, three times around the bears went. It took him longer to strap the kids in.
We all had fun.  I am glad we got to meet up with Grace, her family and Brian and Kayla and their parents. Made it more fun for everyone.