Thump, Junk and more Junk

Every year the last weekend on June we try to make it down to Luling Texas to the Watermelon Thump. The town gets a little crazy for it - Its a four day celebration with parade, booths, carnivals, a watermelon eating, and more importantly seed spitting contest. The world record was set here in their designated spitway (on main street even) at 68 feet 9 1/8 inches. We try to make the parade... then by usually about noon we are totally cooked (its always well over 100 degrees out).
Amelia and Mom doing the faces in the Melon.

Any parade is bound to be awesome featuring cowgirl and longhorn shortbuses.

Jett seemed to disagree with one of the sentiments of one of the church floats...

Can't be much hotter than Luling on the thump.

Amelia loved the all the princes on the floats from everytown around.

and I loved getting to see the Zedlar Mill. I used to have a client down in Luling and would take some bbq and eat there. The town turned it into a park now and people were just sitting their drinks ontop of the falls and keeping cool... next year bring swimsuits.

On Sunday - we checked out the Cathedral of Junk. A guy here has been building this towering heap of Junk in his backyard since the 70's. I'd seen it on one of those shows on HGTV and wanted to check it out. I was expecting to be underwhelmed... but it was pretty cool.
Melisa and Amelia on one of the ledges or rooms.

Pretty much mazes of junk.

Melisa, Jett, and Amelia at the pinnacle - probably 4 or five stories high ontop a massive junk pile.