Nauvoo hosts a Pumpkin Walk each year on or close to Halloween. The FM purchases 500 pumpkins and people, including missionaries, spent a week tracing faces on them and carving them. Erin was in town so she and I drew faces on 18 of them. I, however, did not carve or hollow out a single one.
Then on the given day, all those pumpkins are set out along Mulholland street on bales and lit. There are groups selling food and drinks and the missionaries give out kettle corn and candy. This year we had wet weather so it kept the crowds down. There were probably only 2500 people in town compared to the 5000 that came last year.
Others came in whatever costumes they had.
Some of the pumpkins were extravagantly carved.
This individual is kind of creepy.
And speaking of creepy.....
The Bailies were part of the "crazy dancers."
Some were not carved as intricately, but still impressive.
There were rows of pumpkins in the park.
I liked this one.
Our baby oxen in training were even part of the parade.
The Chinese dragon always participates in the parade. My Elder and I were part of those legs under that dragon.
I have a hard time understanding how people can be so crazy about Halloween.
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