Each year on Labor Day, Park City holds an annual day dedicated to the miners that founded the town over a hundred years ago. We have been in Utah for 5 (!) Labor Days now and each year that we aren't traveling out of town (Vegas one year, Colorado another) we head up for the main event of the day, the Mucking and Drilling Contest. James is always asked to be a judge for the two contests and he's done that 3 times now. Mostly he just times each contestant and it's a fun event. I now even know most of the contestants by name and who is going to be real good and most likely take home some money. The weather this year (as opposed to last year when it felt like winter) was great...warm in the 80s with a nice breeze. We sat in the bleachers and watched while James did his work down in the "pits" :)
I snapped this picture of the kids posing on the top row of the bleachers. Someone please remind me next year NOT to sit up there again...something always gets dropped to the ground and I am freaking out about a child (most likely Keely) flipping off the back of the bleachers. We started out up there but ended up moving down as the stands got less crowded, making me much less stressed and calmer :)
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Here's James down chatting with the other judges prior to the competition. Behind him is the mucker that is used for the first contest. I also love those mountains in the background...and how the ski runs are carved out. Too bad I have no desire to be up there in the winter when it's snow covered and skiers are out there hitting the slopes.
So that was how we spent most of our Labor Day and how we have for the majority of the past 5 years. It's a fun time and we all had a nice time up there :)
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One of these years we are going to hit this event! Looks like you had a nice time!
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