For the past few years, my family has spent Sunday of Labor Day Weekend at the Rib Cook Off in Sparks, Nevada. Right up there next to Reno. If you've never been to the Reno area you can't really imagine what the sweltering heat is like with hundreds of large barbecues roaring in a small vicinity.
It's hot.
Anyway...meat.
I'm honestly not a huge fan of ribs, but there are stalls, after stalls of ribs and barbecue from around the country, so I had to give some a try. The barbecued corn is delicious.
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So sexy.
That mound of "Texas Taters" is pretty good too. But I don't like salt. So I hit it up for about 4 chips.
The BBQ chicken though? I'm all over that.
We took a break during the middle of the day to save ourselves from heat stroke. Some of the group went gambling, the other, myself included, found refuge in the air conditioned movie theater and saw 'Our Idiot Brother'. Which, by the way, was insanely cute/funny/enjoyable.
cute family members.
Afterwards we walked around through the crowds/masses of people.
Looking through the shop tents and flea market set-up.
Drinking margaritas.
Standard things, really.
We left the joint full. Extremely full.
Homegirl was car sick the entire 2 hour drive home.
Totally worth it though for my corn, chocolate covered strawberries, and margarita...so healthy?
Until next year, rib lovers.
i want some ribs and those chips please! OMG! looks sooo good! even the corn looks bomb! i love sparks,nv. lol. the nugget is there. and they have amazing crab louie salad there. its bomb!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely pics of our family outing. LOL! Love you!
ReplyDeletethis looks incredible!!!!! and going down the fun slide would be the icing on the cake!!!! i didnt know there were any of those still around!
ReplyDeleteI am such a sucker for street and carnival food. Those ribs look delish!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun outing, minus the heat wave. I loved Our Idiot Brother. It turned out way more cute, funny and charming than I expected it to be.
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