memorial day festivities

every year on memorial day weekend, boulder turns into complete mayhem. the boulder creek festival attracts thousands of people, and then to finish off the weekend the bolder boulder 10k race begins first thing monday morning. as i was walking downtown yesterday, i took some photos of the craziness-- i saw a girl running in a hot pink 80's prom dress, a band of 8 year olds singing their hearts out outside the fire station and in front of a long row of port-o-potties (and they sounded good!), i visited the carnival (which was endlessly fascinating... ryan said he thinks i was probably a carnie in a past life :) he might be right...), corn dogs galore, and much much more. what fun!

and then, as always, it rained in the afternoon, and probably soaked thousands of festival-goers. all part of the fun of boulder on memorial day! ryan and i decided to risk a bbq in our backyard and got a little damp ourselves... due partly to the rain, and partly to the sprinklers that came on just as it started raining. how ridiculous.

here's ryan in the rain: