Sweet Onion Festival

On Saturday we went to Walla Walla, WA to see the 2009 Sweet Onion Festival. None of us had ever been to the festival so we thought it would be a good adventure. Our day began at Don's Donuts. We took Mom and Dad there on purpose because on Saturday, and Saturday only, they serve baked cinnamon rolls that are out of this world. Besides having wonderful bakery products, the little donut shop is really cute inside.

There are paintings all over the walls and on the floor of different sea creatures. As you can see from this picture, it is bright and colorful.

It wasn't the best weather for an outdoor festival. It was too hot to stay in the sun and watch people participate in the Onion Eating Contest, the Martial Arts Demonstration or any of the other scheduled events. We did buy wickless candles by Scentsy. The scented wax rests on a little plate at the top of the candle, which has a light bulb inside that melts the wax. They have larger candles that sit on the counter and smaller nightlight models. Susan and I bought one of each and Mom and Dad bought the nightlight size.


There were a number of booths selling food, which looked really good - especially the barbecue. We didn't buy anything to eat because there wasn't anyplace to sit down. We drove to a local Dairy Queen to eat lunch when we left the festival.

We ended the day by taking Mom and Dad to The Doghouse for dinner. They both like hot dogs, Mom especially, and this place makes FANTASTIC hot dogs in every combination possible.

We got to have fresh raspberries and ice cream for dinner which was the perfect end to a great day!