Rough and Ready Days

Old West in Sacramento California, originally uploaded by armandesco.

This is a shot from a friend in Mexico who put it on his blog. We took him to Rough and Ready days a couple of years ago. It is a summer festival in the small town of Rough and Ready (the only city to Secede from the Union). The town claims 1500 residents - but that count is generous. The summer festival - to commemorate the actions during the Civil War includes a parade (it runs twice because it is not long enough if it only goes once) and food booths and all sorts of other community activities. It is in Nevada County and lots of fun.
In college I was one of those people who used Rough and Ready as an address, although I never lived there - it just sounded like a town I wanted to be from.
We had a good time that day. And Armando is actually a pretty good photographer. His flickr site is at Armando's Flickr SIte He works for a university in Xalapa, Mexico but is also in the process of starting a restaurant there. There are pictures of his new place on the site. It looks like a great place.