wine, beer, snap, tatt

 Yesterday me and the family went to our town's first ever WINE FESTIVAL.

Yes, folks. An "alternative" event that I DIDN'T host!

When I heard of the town getting a wine festival, I was a bit afraid for them taking such a big leap because I know from experience, Texarkana doesn't take to kindly to anything.... different.

Most Texarkana people like carnivals, monster truck rallies, rodeos and gun and knife shows.

This event was for "everyone else".

Texarkana, you nailed it!

Every vendor was a local business or restaurant. There were no loud buzzing trailers selling funnels cakes and over priced nachos. No blow up Spongebobs on a stick and no rowdy kids bopping each other with bootleg rainbow colored light sabers and best of all there wasn't a redneck in sight. 

At the festival we ran into a good friend...

 and more friends... and some others that I cut out so this post wouldn't run on for days...

Mingled with good people...

Saw some good arts and crafts...

 Ate some gooooood food - I'm munching on crawfish and grits and duck fat fries...

  Fell in love with this trailer. I thought about buying it off the vendor but I didn't have the cash and it didn't have a toilet.... or room for anything besides, making tea, sleeping and eating... and pooping in a paint can maybe. 

  Since beer was only being sold from one tent, the line was pretty long and we were pretty much done with the festival any way so we all went to a little pub thingy downtown called Hopkins Icehouse for some affordable cold beer to drink on the patio.

I think this looks says, "A little IPA for me too, eh dad?"

Muffaletta sliders. Yum.

 Baby toes. Yum.

 Helping tourists...

Being tourists...

I've always wanted to do the whole get a photo taken on State Line thing.

  And the night ended with a bang...

 er... ended with pain more like.

I finally got that tattoo I've been trying to get for the past two years! I just couldn't find the right mehndi design that spoke to me but this one does. This is my fifth tattoo and my first one in six years and I hope to get many many more. Maybe next time I'll get one on my left tonsil.

And before I go, dig this: I opened up an Amazon fundraising store for our travel trailer adventures. Check out THIS POST to see how it works and why I've started it and all that good stuff or click the banner below to check it out. Thanks!

YAY!

Time to go blog-stalk YOU now.

BYE!