People and Catching Up

(Above) Some oldtimers from Stanhope catching up.

There's alot to that comes to mind when you are talking about Watermelon Day. The rides, the food, and games but there's one important factor that make it one of the best, the people. It's your family members that you see a few times a year or old classmates and friends from far and near. You talk about things from back in the day and what you've been up since the last Watermelon Day. Here's a few encounters from this Watermelon Warrior.

Ran into Jamie Berhow at the train ride. He was watching his youngest, Gunner James, go round and round on the train ride. "I'm probably gonna get sunburn," Jamie remarked. "This is his favorite ride. I keep telling him, 'Bud, there's other rides too' but he loves the train and probably won't get off for an hour."

Bumped into one of Boone's Bravest, Justin "Bubba" Adams and his wife Tracy. We were hashing old stories about running around town as kids. Bubba and Tracy are expecting their first child (a baby girl) this November. Congrats to Bubba and Tracy! See you and the little one at next year's Watermelon Day.

Talked to Vicki Hill at the bingo stand and told her about our story about Saratoga Days on this site. She mentioned we should put Stanhope's rock 'n roll band on our site. Done. Check out Two Feet Deep by clicking here.

Then as we were heading towards the watermelon stand we ran into avid readers of this site, Kathy and Dean Martensen. Gave us a few shout outs about our updates, so we send a shout out back!

I could go on forever about folks we ran into, but have to work Monday and would still be typing this post. Great to see a huge turn out and looking forward to seeing you all next year!