Sore What?

We went over to the Anderson Soiree this weekend. Essentially it is their "spring festival" but I suppose it is more interesting to call it a soiree.

It's funny to me that Soiree generally means "evening party" and on Saturday the event started up at 11am.
It wasn't very difficult to find a parking spot and begin our walk along Main St. There were tons of people in the street and three stages set up along the route. One end featured food vendors selling hot dogs for $4 each and the other end was carnival rides for the price of a hot dog. I quickly became more interested in the architecture and history of the downtown buildings.

With all the exploring that Cari and I have done over the past two years, I'm not sure why we continued to skip over a city so close to home. We decided we would find a day to come explore in the next few weeks.

A bit of history for you about Anderson is that the city, and the county, are named for Revolutionary war hero Robert Anderson. The city was founded in 1826 in an area of land that the Cherokee surrendered during a treaty from the late 1700's. Also the city of Anderson was the first in the South to have an unlimited supply of electricity.

As we walked along the festival we did a great job of avoiding the expensive rides and our kids' pleas for food. Near the end, we found a great little place on the side where they had childrens games for free. We spent some time letting the older two play while Cari and I took turns trying to keep the baby out of the sun.

On our walk back toward the car, Cari finaly gave in and decided that we couldn't leave the festival before having some funnel cake.

You wouldn't believe how fast the five of us can empty a plate of funnel cake!

We had a great time at the Soiree, but I still say it should be called "Spring Festival".