Chaos Theory [Backstage]

Saturday, July 11th, 2015

Today was our last day of shows here in Lloydminster, and the general feeling was that of relief, as our location in the middle of a parking lot was less than ideal, not to mention the heat and wind.  After what felt like a relaxed morning, I got all cozy and set up to do some serious psychology studying…  Not much sooner than had I sat down, all hell broke loose.  It started by the wind catching in our tarps, and  knocking over half of our people barriers… Shoot.  After up righting the overturned panels, the pole holding up a shade tarp in the arena with the lions and tiger fell down… Shoot.  Did I mention Dirk was out grocery shopping?  This was going to be a “three of us problem”…  After some persuading of the cats to stop chewing on the pole, and some resting, the madness was mostly over, leaving a whole few minutes before shows… Shoot.

 

After three successful shows, and some peaceful camel rides, all was finally at peace at the fair… Thank-goodness. 

A hazy and muggy, yet peaceful end to the day at the fair.

The day was far from over yet, as we still had to pack-up…  Everything.  Finally at about 5am