The Troy Strawberry Festival is the first and one of the best festivals of the entire season. We have always enjoyed the fun and (especially) the food that it brings. One aspect of the festival that is really only known by the locals is that although it is advertised as only a Saturday/Sunday event, there is actually activities on Friday night. This first night of festivities is geared more toward the locals.
This night is filled with a cruise-in car show, bed races, kid games, and of course much food not found during the Sat/Sun portion of the festival.
The food that this night is most known for is the Boy Scout Strawberry Pie, the best I have ever eaten. Then is of course the strawberry pizza cookies and on a different note the walking taco. The walking taco was first introduced to me at this very event a few years back, a very cool and yummy idea.
Walking Taco
-small bag of fritos
-half cup of taco seasoned cooked groundbeef
-1/8 cup of shredded cheese
-1/4 cup of shredded lettuce
-1/8 cup of diced tomatoes
-add sour cream to taste
Dump ingredients in order into bag of fritos and enjoy!
Molly has always been a big fan of the smash the can game, she has gotten pretty good at it over the years.
The bed races are a very fun competition to watch. Each year local businesses and organizations slap some wheels and a steering device on a bed and compete for the grand title of bed racing champion. The race draws great crowds every year.
The morning of the Saturday events brought the usual massive crowd and the official beginning to the festival.
We saw the local church missionaries out and about sharing the good word to those who would lend an ear and an open heart.
We started the festival right with corn on the cob.
Then it was on to our favorite dish of the festival, "Strawberries from Heaven". The name is a very accurate description, trust me. Kristy and I have such a hard time not buying more than we should of these things.
The girls love getting their faces painted, Molly got a rainbow and Neleha a strawberry.
Zacha the band from the Andes once again provided the wonderful background music for the festival. I always take some time to just stop and listen, their music is so relaxing.
Then it was on to the Brukner Nature Center display where the girls got to see the opossum that visited the girls at Molly's Birthday party.
One addition to this year's festival was a NASA exhibit. Ohio having contributed some of the top names in NASA, I think it was a very appropriate addition to the festival.
We even were able to meet a real astronaut that had been to outerspace, the girls were really fascinated by the fact that the astronaut was a women.
The festival came to a good close for us with a final stop at the Willy Wonka exhibit where the girls got to grab golden tickets in a air filled room.
They were able to exchange their golden tickets for candy.
They also got to try all of Wonka's favorite varieties of his candy.
A good year at the Strawberry Festival.
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