flying wood chips ~

Yesterday was FANtastic!  We are big fans of the LumberJacks and Jills!!
We, Dear Hubby, myself and my sister headed off to Hayward ~ about an hours drive to the north of us and took in the festivities of the World Championship Lumberjack Competitions.

~ all images on this post were taken from the internet ... can you believe it - I forgot my camera! Most of them are from prior years; but many of the same people were there this year as reigning champions trying to hold on to their titles.~

Wow ... talk about some flying wood chips.

 ... log rolling ~ these gals are fantastic!!

... log boom barrel races

 

... 60 and 90 foot pole climbs ... they would do in in a matter of seconds ... not minutes.  It would take me a year!

Coming down is something else to see .. how they don't get busted up legs is beyond me.  Truly, not a "try this at home" stunt.

... cut a wedge in a tree, insert a spring board, cut another wedge, insert your spring board then whack off the top  ~ awesome!

Jack & Jill sawyers ~  there are some mighty tough women in these competitions - Love it!!

 ... the hot saws ~ I told Dear Hubby we need to get these people to come for a day and help us cut our fire wood :)

... more rolling

... and many more events than just these I mentioned.  

You can click here and check them out at Lumber Jack World Championships

 I can't begin to tell you how many times I used the words 'awesome' and 'I can't imagine' or ' did you see that' and 'wow'.

As I stated above ... these are the World Championships.  Some of the  competitors hail  from Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Czech Republic and the USA.  

*** we sat in the same section ... three seats away from the group Black Axes from New Zealand  ~~ AWESOME ... I loved listening to them cheering their team mates and comrades on ***

They hold competitions all over the world; but end it here in Wisconsin in the little town of Hayward where it originated.  I think that's pretty cool because I get to go to it.  Yay :)

If you ever get the chance to attend one of these shows ~ either here in Wisconsin or elsewhere in the world ... GO!  I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

Also there was the Jack Link Sasquatch ... Have you ever seen the Messin' with Sasquatch commercials?  Here's one:



You can see more commercials and learn more about them here.

The Jack Link Jerky originates from a small town just to the north of us too.

Plus... we saw the big tater!!  The Idaho Potato Tour Truck ~ it was parked in the same lot we were.  Check out the Big Idaho Potato Facts by clicking here.

Now... I know this post is getting long winded; but one more FANtastic thing about the day ...

We had 12 free tickets ... thanks to Dear Hubby's boss and because there were only the 3 of us that went we had the FUNtastic job of paying it forward and giving away the other 9 free tickets to unsuspecting people at the entry gate!   The looks on their faces when we gave them a free entry ticket for the event ~ priceless!  All we asked for in return was that some day they pay it forward and do something fun and unexpected for someone else :)

Until next time ...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel