re: 52nd annual Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival is this weekend

I have a friend that lives nearby and has a crawfish boil that Saturday every year. I enjoy peoplewatching from there but wouldn’t ever walk down the street in that deathmarch of sweaty crowds for terrible rides, overpriced concessions, and junk for sale. I think a real problem is all the rented golf carts, imported 4-wheelers, those low 3 wheelers with stadium speakers, and motorcycles going 40-50 mph down side streets. I haven’t read of any violence this morning and for that I’m happy but there will certainly be some catastrophic event that will doom this fest I’m afraid. GretnaFest is the way to go. Fence it off and charge a minimal entry fee and you’ll cut the crowd by 1/2