Party in Clymer, PA

Jen and I went to the Clymer Days Festival tonight, which was once a reunion of military townspeople but is now a family event celebrated with funnel cakes, CBD booths and fireworks. We arrived hungry and soon found a church booth selling local favorite foods: pieroghi (potato filled dumplings) and haluski (cabbage and noodles.) Quite delicious, honestly. We saw one smokin’ hot dad, one guy who was probably Santa Claus checking out who’s naughty and nice at the carnival and a very tall man with a very tiny dog. Jen and I got hooked on one carnival game, the ping pong ball throw. Two bucks got you a bowl of colored ping pong balls and the goal was to get them into jars of colored water without bouncing off the edges. We were pretty much champs at this game and won some sweet swag as proof. There was a decent live band who introduced themselves as the hardest working band…in the area, with the best bass player…in the area. At the end of the night, we watched the fireworks display, only they didn’t turn off the spotlights on the softball field so we had those in our eyes as we looked up at the fireworks. The best part was this three year old boy who was rating each of the fireworks, “boring” “boring” “yaaaa that’s the one” “not boring, bravo!” That killed us. Sadly, the fudge booth was closed when we were ready to buy, but the funnel cake we shared was dee-lish.