2018 August South Park Outhouse Races

Me:  Okay so lets get on the road.
Mark: Where are we going?
Me:  To the Outhouse Races.
Mark: Did I hear you right...Outhouse Races?
Me: Yup.
Mark: (starting the car) You know you're weird, right?
Me: *smiling as we head down the road*

Outhouse Races?  In South Park, Colorado? For reals?

Yes, yes, and yes.

It's exactly what you think.  People construct outhouses that they race down the main drag of Fairplay, Colorado.  It's all part of their Donkey Derby days.  We didn't get there in time to see the beginning of the donkey races but no matter because we have seen several of them since we have been here.  But we had never witnessed the Outhouse Races.  This year they only had 4 contestants enter but they said in years past they have had up to 15 entries. 

This one was called The Final Push

The Rollin' Colon

We stayed for some of the Donkey Derby contestants to show up in town.  These guys and their donkeys run either a 5K or a 10K cross-county race up into the mountains and back into town. 

I'm always surprised that the donkeys don't seem to mind running these races.  I always thought they were one-speed critters.

We also toured the original