Fall Festival!



Six Gun Sally's sells soaps, toy guns, yo-yos, and about everything "frontier."  We got some rubber band shooters and handmade soap here. (sixgunsallystradingpost@hotmail.com for info)



The older children and I piled into the car and went to the Liberty Fall Festival.  We saw several booths, bought popcorn and T-shirts and books, and had lunch in the local Mexican restaurant.  We also watched a parade every politician and marching band for about 50 miles around must be required to attend, as well as all police and fire units.  It started to rain, so we missed Jesse James's scheduled bank robbery at 2:30.  He robs the bank twice during every festival; you'd think the cops woulda caught onto this gig by now.  Yes, the bank in town he robbed is really a museum and (ironically) named for Jesse James to draw the tourists.



Yep.  Emperor's Hello Kitty getup is getting him quite a few stares and backhanded comments.  He doesn't notice.




The Southern History buffs WILL talk your ear off, but they're nice folks and you'll learn a lot from them.  They just don't take too kindly to that revisionist history they teach in public school and are *happy* to see homeschoolers pop by.  The ladies pretend to be shocked at seeing you in your "undergarments" when they see you in shorts that reach your knees.  Probably when you're wearing a hoopskirt on a regular basis, that's what it looks like.



This is Duane Porter, author of the Molly O'Malley series as well as a book on chess.  He beat both the boys in short order at the game.  Elf lasted longer than Emperor in the fight. (http://www.buriedtreasurepublishing.com/)

The new high school, Liberty North, has a marching band, fight song, and football team. And new uniforms. But the old high school has about three times as many people in band and a football team that occasionally wins games.