River Festival

Friday August 22^nd
   Signups, orientation & packet pick ups                                 4 pm  
    Cajun Shrimp Boil-serving from                                               5:30-7 pm
            $15.00 for adults and $8.00 for children 
    Free Kids Games                                                                          5-7 pm
    Concert with the “Fireants”                                                       5:30 – 10:30 pm 
    Cajun Crawdad Races                                                                5-7 pm
    Great Duck Race                                                                          7:30 pm
        (Kiwanis Club’s fun fundraiser)
    The River of Fire & Fireworks                                                   9 pm      

Saturday August 23^rd  
    Marathon bus pickup                                                                 5:15 am
    Marathon                                                                                     6:30 am   
    Pilot Butte Endurance & Poker Horse Run                         7:30 am 
    "Lucky 13" Poker Horse Run                                                  10 am 
    Free Kids Games                                                                        11 am - 3 pm
     Free Concert                                                                                 11am - 3 pm
    Brew Fest                                                                                     11 am – 5 pm
    Dog Fetching Competition                                                       11:30 am
    Green Garboon Races                                                               12:30 pm
    Dog Show                                                                                       1 pm 
    Story Tales                                                                                      3:30 pm
    BBQ Dinner                                                                                     3 - 5 pm

                *Please note if you are coming into town for the events please be sure to check on motel room availability!!! Follow this Motel listing link provided for your convenience.  

7^th Annual River Festival

            The River Festival will be held August 22, 23, 2008.The Festival will begin on Friday afternoon with signups and orientation at 4 p.m. ! At about 5:30 p.m. we will begin serving a Cajun Shrimp Boil. This will be open to the public; tickets will be sold in advance with just 750 meals available. Be sure to purchase your ticket early. Tickets will be available the end of July. Prices are $15.00 for adults, Children 12 & under and seniors $ 8 per plate. Cajun spicy style shrimp boiled with sausage, potatoes and corn! Free kids games will be available from 5-7 p.m. and the Kiwanis Club will be hosting their Duck Race.

            The River of Fire will take place at dark with boaters floating down the river with glow sticks if you have a raft, canoe or boat joint in the fun. The route will take place down the north channel. Lighted cauldrons will be placed just along the river too. Entertainment for that evening will be the"Fireants"from Dubois, Wyoming, featuring Caribbean Cajun music. The Fireants will perform from 5:30 to 10:30 pm outside on Expedition Island .

            Vendors will be on hand with some great items for sale. Mary Mint jewelry will once again be back,www.marymint.com. Mary has been at the Festival four years in a row with a fabulous selection of fine jewelry! The Bread Lady will also be back and we will be updating the site with vendors as they sign up!

            The unveiling of the Sweetwater County Photo contest entries and winner will also take place in the Pavilion. Be sure to get your photos entered before August 20^th.

            Saturday the events will begin at 5 a.m. at Expedition Island . The 5^th  Annual marathon race, the Run With the Horses Marathon will begin at 6:30 a.m. , with a shuttle picking participants up at Expedition Island, at 5 a.m. Saturday August 23^rd. The Marathon route is across the Wild Horse Loop on White Mountain , hence the name. The runners will travel across a self guided Loop Tour that 9 times out of 10 has wild horses frolicking along side the road. The race starts out at about 7,500 feet and ends in Green River at about 6,200 feet. The majority of the road is a County maintained dirt road and the decline is not bad. Aid Stations with snack, water and energy drinks will be placed every two miles. Porta Potties will be placed throughout the course. Entry fee of $75 includes the Cajun Shrimp Boil Friday night or Barbeque Dinner Saturday night, band, a t-shirt and medallion for the finishing racers.
For more details go to this link: Marathon
Entry forms can be found online at: www.signmeup.com 

Entry Forms online at:  www.signmeup.com 
Entry Form Available soon.
Photos of Route
Map of Route

         
Endurance Racer with marathoner just coming into the picture! At the top of White Mountain.    

        Again this year is the 3^rd Annual Pilot Butte Endurance Horse Race & Lucky 13 Poker Run. Both will begin at the mouth of 1st Springs Canyon, near the new motel. The Endurance Horse Race participants will travel 12.5 miles on the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop Tour road. They will stop for a vet check, provided by Mountainaire Animal Clinic, and then travel back to the beginning point. The 25 mile course across White Mountain provides great views and lots of wildlife! There will be added cash of $500.00, with 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd splitting the pot plus other prizes too. We will also have prizes and awards for the best conditioned horse of the first horse to finish. The Lucky 13 Poker Run also begins at the mouth of 1st Springs Canyon; riders will travel 6.5 miles up the same route, receiving a total of 7cards at the stops. Riders will have the opportunity to buy an extra card at the final stop for $5.00. Best 5 Card Stud Poker hands will win – 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd. Cash and prizes will be awarded.
Endurance Race is on Saturday August 23rd, beginning at 7:30 am
Lucky 13, Poker Run begins at 9 am
Entry fee for the both is:
$25.00 for ride and Cajun Shrimp Boil, (Friday August 22n), or $25.00 for ride and Barbeque Dinner, (Saturday August 23rd). $15.00 for just ride

           
            Check out our 4th Annual River Festival Brew Fest from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be several brewers available for you to sample their beer, and for you to vote on your favorite. Snake River Brewery, Jackson Hole; Bottoms Up Brewery, Pinedale; Grand Teton Brewery, Driggs, ID and More! Participants will be charged a $20 entry fee. This fee would allow you to sample an unlimited amount of beer. Judges will award 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place winners along with the People’s Choice Award.

            The band as yet to be booked, but they will play from 11 am to 3 pm. Following the band we will have Story Tales.

            A Dog Fetching Contest is an event that we know will involve the home crowd too. Dogs will be timed on fetching a stick out of the river and back to their owners. We are also including a land event for those water phobic dogs.            A Dog Fetching Contest is an event that we know will involve the home crowd too. Dogs will be timed on fetching a stick out of the river and back to their owners. We are also including a land event for those water phobic dogs. The committee is working on have a distance jump as well.

            Green Garboon races are for those adventurous river runners! Built your own floating vessel and race it down the river. The race will run from the Railroad Bridge to the Trona Bridge . Categories are: Fastest, Prettiest, Ugliest and Able to Hold the Most People. Race will start at 12:30 p.m.

            Dog Show is being put on by Judy Jarnigan and she will show you how to get your dog to traverse an obstacle course. There will also be prized given for the Prettiest, Homeliest, Biggest, Smallest and Best Behaved Dogs. Dog Show starts at 2 p.m.   Even if your dog doesn’t know how to run an obstacle course Judy will show you how to get started!        

            A  Barbeque Dinner held in conjunction with the Awards presentation. Dinner price will be announced soon.

            There will be a food vendor on hand during the day. 

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