Bowlus Festival

We planned our rest day to be in Bowlus for their big festival.  The highlight of our trip was being in the parade and attending a Polka Mass.  We were camping behind the Catholic Church and Sunday morning they had a Polka Mass outside that we attended.  Basically it is a mass and they have a polka band and play polka music.  Then we decorated our bikes and rode in the parade.  We were a big hit especially the trikes.  It was a hoot.  After the parade they had activities in the park, a beer garden and food.  We played bingo, listened to the bands, ate a lot of junk food and stayed up for the fireworks.  When we stopped for breakfast the next day, a few towns over, the locals said they saw us in the parade and were impressed with our group.  The fire departments for surrounding towns competed in a water contest where they have a keg suspended with a cable running across the street and two teams have two minutes to move the keg, kind of like a tug of war.  It was great entertainment.

Russ in the parade in Bowlus

Firemen Competing