Moose and Mackay Free BBQ

What an enjoyable weekend.  My daughter, her husband, and our little grandson came for a weekend visit.  Early Saturday morning, my husband attempted to go out and change his wheel lines.  As it so happened, at that time, it was not to be.  It took approximately 3 hours before he could go out to change his water.  We had moose…….…everywhere.  They were in the fields and corrals.  There were mammas, babies, and bulls.  With those three combinations in play, you don’t even attempt to change water.  At first, it started out with moose watching from a distance.

Within minutes, the moose were quite close so the binoculars came down.

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After the moose moved over to the corrals, we stopped watching.  You can see the baby moose peeking through the fence.  So awkwardly cute.

After finally getting the wheel lines changed and getting ourselves ready, we headed up to the Mackay Free BBQ.  On the eve of the BBQ, tons of flavored roasts are put in a big brick oven to cook.  Below is a picture of the brick oven used.  You can read about the history of the BBQ HERE. 

The BBQ happens every year and is one of the town highlights.  People come from all over just to get a free BBQ sandwich, free entertainment and to associate with others.  Besides the free sandwiches, you can also purchase all kinds of foods and desserts from booths run by school students.  All this, while you sit and listen to free entertainment.  It really is a fun time for everyone.

And just for FUNS, there was even a black fairy, floating around the park throwing candy in the air for all the children.