A youngster gives his axe throw all he's got at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)
MILLS, Wyo. — It was a hot one Saturday, but that didn’t stop crowds by the hundreds from visiting Mills for the city’s annual Summer Fest.
Vendors, food trucks, live music and a kids play area kept smiles on faces and toes tapping as families perused crafts and other goods for sale.
The official high temperature by 3:30 p.m., recorded by the National Weather Service at the Casper airport, was 99 degrees.
Although some kids could be heard telling their parents that the inflatable play area was too hot for their feet, Bikers Against Child Abuse was there to help them cool off with free snocones and cotton candy. Later, the bikers got their own chance to cool off by getting dunked in the dunk tank.
Here’s some scenes from the day:
A biker with Bikers Against Child Abuse gets dunked at the dunk tank at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Kids enjoy a chance to take aim at each other with Gellyballs at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Families took aim at targets with Gellyballs at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Bikers Against Child Abuse served up free cotton candy and snocones at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Kids took turns seeing who could jump highest in the air at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Giant balls to roll around in were part of the inflatable fun at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)A dad helps his kid take a swing at an inflatable baseball game at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Merrily the Clown decorated the faces of visitors at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Many faces were painted at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Mills emergency responders shelter from the heat at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)The Flashback Band plays music to entertain the crowd at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)Musicians and bands kept the live entertainment going at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)City of Mills logo on the dunk tank at the Mills Summer Fest on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Klark Byrd/Oil City News)
