We had a great 4th of July here in camp. Heavy on the Crisco and wrestling, but somehow the two were never combined. Maybe we didn't stay up late enough. Some of the events were the greased pig chase, the greased pole contest, electric arm wrestling, and Sumo wrestling.



I think the pigs got pretty hot, not as hot as they are going to be in four months in the smoker.













Then there is the greased pole contest, where you have to start from standing and run all the way out to the end of the pole to grab the pinwheel. This years winner got $511.











Sumo wrestling was a big hit. The suits were really heavy and so were the finalists, except for one 16 year old girl who held her own pretty good against some 250 plus pound burly Alaskan guys.











Dolly gets painted each Holiday, this time she was American. She got in a bit on the grease and wrestling.









It got dark enough for fireworks around eleven o'clock. Up in Anchorage they said they didn't start till around midnight, and it still looked pretty bright out on the news. Six degrees of latitude makes all the difference.