So Festival of the West came and went. Besides the obscene heat and today's wind, it was pretty fun. For those who are curious, our Rocking RR chuck wagon won First Place in Beans on Saturday and Gravy on Sunday. Certainly can't complain about that considering we were against 10 other wagons representing some of the best outdoor cooking in the region. I will try to bring whatever leftovers I can scrounge (and that survive the next two weeks) to the next Bookmans shindig.

Thursday's "Chuckwagon Stew" (which totally should have won, it was amazing).

My dad, Russ, slaving over the smoking coals. It's not bad when it's 50 degrees out, but it was topping 90 that day. Still, the man loves his art.

A look down the row at some other chuck wagons. Sadly, I never got a good shot of our wagon.

From the serving line on Saturday, including our award winning beans.


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