Mmmmmmm Mighty Mud Mania
Alan Levine aka CogDog barked this July 23rd, 2004 5:24 pm
Thanks to our 4 day summer work week, I had today free to volunteer for Scottsdale’s Mighty Mud Mania, a 21-year old event that draws more than 10,000 kids to romp through obstacle courses full of gooey mud. It began in the 1970s as some promotion for a cleaning product, but has grown to be a mammoth event every July. It is a kids dream- to have permission and encouragement to get filthy.
I spent siz hours helping the 6 and under kids slither through the mini obstacle course, and am still picking flecks of mud from…. well forget about it. Rest assured, it was a fun day for not only the kids, but their parents, and just about every other volunteer covered with mud and smiles.
In looking it up, saw a nice way to spread news stories via a Google News Link:
http://news.google.com/news?q=mighty+mud+mania — by tomorrow, the news will have included the recap stories from our two major local news papers.
August 10th, 2004 at 7:43 pm
How come all the news channels taking pictures all day didn’t post any with their online articles? I can’t find a single picture of the kids playing in the mud this year.
August 11th, 2004 at 12:18 am
I agree that the coverage was skimpy, and most was before the event. the AZ Tribune had the muddy portrait shots:
http://www.aztrib.com/index.php?sty=25146
The city is also rather lame in using photos to promote their event.
I would have taken my own, but I was rather in the mud and no place for a (or my) camera.