We just finished up the annual Wise County Reunion. For one week a year, all residents move out to these "camps" to spend the better part of each day and night. There is a carnival...
There are live bands and snowcones....
There are excessively late bedtimes and spontaneous domino tournaments....
I'm highlighting the festivities here, but I really can't do the essence justice. It's a wonderfully odd tradition, and one that we are increasingly becoming engrossed in as we continue to live, work, and play in this town. This was the first year our kids were old enough to stay up late, to participate in the nightly water balloon fights, and begin thinking about "checking in". What a wonderful invention that "checking in". We had the luxury of visiting while our children ran around like banshees untill all hours of the night...a childhood fantasy as well as a grown up one.
2 comments:
Gosh we missed it again. One of these days we will make it up there again. Maybe when my children can bothe "check in"!
What a great description of the Reunion!! I've been trying for years to explain this phenomenon to my "Non-Decatur" friends & you nailed it!
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