The trip to the Hoes Down Festival had a little rocky start. The gear stick broke off in the middle of the road so we had to have help of a tow truck and police escort back home in order to grab the Honda to continue our journey an hour later than planned.

Mia is killing time while waiting for Pappa to come back by putting Uncle Niklas to work

We finally arrived

Mia's favorite method of transportation. She rarely wants to get out of the wagon

Hoes Down Festival!

Silvia had been talking about pumpkins for quite a while, and here at the farm there were plenty.

One of many activities on the farm. This here is Zip Lining between piles of hayballs

One of multiple stages on the area where performances were held throughout the day

Solar powered ATM. What a "natural" way of obtaining money.

Posing in a bamboo grove

These guys sold home brewed soda. We tried out the one for love and another one for healing. They tasted pretty similar even though they contained different roots, flowers, and herbs.

Putting the Heal and Love to the test. There are no bad feelings between the brothers, so I guess the soda worked.

Nina tried it as well. Theron on the other hand is holding the old and trusted beverage: Beer.

Two female Bergstrands in the background :)

The entrance from the inside

The path from the entrance leading to the center of the festival on the other side of those tents

I have no idea what the story id behind these scarecrow looking creatures

These guys sat there all day, jammin' with their instruments. They also sold hand crafted flutes for ridiculous prices ($200 each)

Handmade bamboo flutes. Worth $200 a piece...don't think so.

Art made my visitors hanging to dry

A bin full of gourds. You could pick any of them to wash and paint

Our gourds, all washed and ready to be painted

Plenty of beer

Art in the making

Always fun to get messy

Mia just woke up and was a bit hesitant to play along with the photo shoot

Burger from pasture feed cows is being ordered by Mr. Niklas

Mia enjoyed feeding the goats

Feeding the goats

You can see many of the gourds drying in the background

yup, alcohol is flowing...

Niklas about to embark on baking pizza, starting with making the flour

Flour making, old style

One of the smaller stages

We eventually camped under some fruit trees near the main drag.

Proudly showing my Theron-gourd

This picture speaks for itself :)

Line Dancing. This is my first time ever witness it in person.

I got to admit, watching line dancing was really fun and it made you want to bounce around and clap your hands.

Ringing the food bell.