The Great Salt Lake Bird Festival

I spent most of my Saturday in Farmington, UT this past weekend, doing a little Chief Executive Officering and selling for my wife's jewelry business. It was hot, and hardly anyone showed up, but we were able to sell 95% of our stock with 3-1/2 hours to spare. Sure, a large chunk of those sales went at a large discount to a friend/competitor who plans to resell at a festival she has next weekend, but we can't complain about business-to-business sales.

It was a pretty chill festival, focused on avian life surrounding the Great Salt Lake. The most impressive thing I saw there was a bald eagle, the great symbol of our nation. It was missing half a wing, apparently shot off by some unscrupulous hunter. The majesty of that bird, even as it just sat on the arm of the trainer that was carrying it out, was impressive. I've seen bald eagles in the wild, but I've never been within 20 feet of one before. Amazing!


photo © Marek Novotný for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike

One of the best parts of the festival was Madsen's food trailer. The Madsens are vendors, like us, and they sell cool kid gifts as well as food. They were selling food at this particular festival, chili dogs and fresh-squeezed lemonade. Typical fare, right? Well, they also sold fried twinkies and fried oreos. Do yourself a favor: try each one at least once, if you get the chance. If you get hooked, try not to eat them too often. They are deadly good.