You might not know this about me but I volunteer for the Colorado State Parks as a raptor monitor. That is, a team of us keep on eye on breeding raptors as they are apex predators and hence, their numbers and ability to breed says a lot about the health of the parks ecosystem. So when Cheyenne Mountain State Park announced their plans for a fall festival, I knew I had to step up.
Now I have always been down on trunk or treat. But after 6 years at my residence, my turnout for Halloween remains dismally low. So if the treaters won't come to Lady M's Haunted Parlor, I am gonna have to bring the Haunted Parlor to the treaters. I can't wait to give away some candy. Here's my car set up.
Here we are at the event
This gorilla was riding around all night giving me the stink eye so I gave it right back.
Oh, you guys go ABOVE AND BEYOND! So awesome! It would never even occur to me to decorate the hatchback space like that.
ReplyDeleteI think the park patrons appreciated the display judging by how many wanted photos.
DeleteOh, and very cool about being a raptor monitor too. You always have hidden depths!
ReplyDeleteI am a woman of many hobbies.
DeleteOkay, I'll admit my first thought was dinosaurs when you mentioned raptor monitoring. That would be really cool, but probably pretty slow.
ReplyDeleteThe mobile Haunted Parlor looks great! And I think I'd have a go with that gorilla if he gave me the stink eye.
Birds are little dinosaurs so not far off there. Really you would leave your post as a Distibutor of candy to go with that gorilla?
DeleteI woudln't go with him, I'd have "a go", as in a brawl.
DeleteSo the gorilla was giving you the stink eye, eh? It to bad you never have a flamethrower when you need one.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should invest in one of those flamethrowers.
DeleteWe don't call them car trunks over here.....Nope..this would be a car BOO-t!
ReplyDeleteGood pun! His Lordship is from the British Isle but he's a trunk and hood kind of guy. I have not heard him say car boot for many a year now.
DeleteIf you also volunteered to keep an eye on Indonesian giant lizards, would that make you a monitor monitor?
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine why the trick-or-treaters don't come to your house. I'd think you'd be a Halloween legend in the area.
Excellent trunk display. I can understand why that toddler kept coming back.
I guess one could be a monitor monitor. My house is on a hill and not particularly close to the neighbors. Kids are not as fit as they used to be.
DeleteAgreed with your overall take on "Trunk Or Treat" but as the saying goes, "When in Rome..." Your trunk looked fantastic and if the presence of Lady M and her Haunted Parlor on wheels scared some of the Trunk Or Treating kids "shitless", well then you made Gideon Hackles and the spirit of Halloween very proud indeed! And the one that kept coming back, perhaps you inspired a future "Gideon Hackles" that will take up the Halloween haunting torch.
ReplyDeleteThat's is exactly what I thought about that returning toddler - future haunter.
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