Indio Date Festival

After 35 years here in the winters, we went to the Date Festival for the first time and had a blast.
First the pig races with Billy Bob looking on. Our section had to cheer for the white one and he won.

         Then the ostriches raced with their jockeys not weighing over 150 lbs, looked like a Ben Hur race

               Camels had a great start but one got confused.

One big hit was this clown that would silently mimic people or tickle this fellow.