Pioneer Days

I remember when i was a little girl when Pioneer Days meant parades, carnivals, eating things off sticks, rides, floats, horses and the like.... Pioneer Days now means a about 4 stands of stuff i don't need, food i can't eat, rides i wouldn't put my dog on and a parade that is over with in 2 minutes. It is kind of sad to think of all the fun i had a a kid... the Egg Toss, going to M & M to get a 1 cent pieceof gum.... the bins of cheap toys that for me were all the world... the sitting under the tree at other dime store to watch the parade... no more benchs under the trees that lined the street... heck there aren't any more trees... Jodi and I took Gavyn down town yesterday for Pioneer days... Turkey Leggs, cotton candy, lemonade, homemade root beer, funnel cakes and so forth. they had the trike races, and the egg toss but something is lost... it wasn't fun like it used to be.. people i didn't even know. the dime stores are gone now most of the stores are closed the streets are not as full and it is sad but the fun wasnt there any more.