Logger Days in Libby
Luke Hollister Western News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 9 months AGO
Teenagers and children took to an assortment of dizzying rides at the Libby Logger Days carnival, Saturday in J. Neils Memorial Park. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Fans cheer competitors on during the Bull/Bullette of the Woods competition at Libby Logger days, Saturday in J. Neils Memorial Park. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Children run to grab candy strewn across the street during the Libby Logger Days parade Saturday morning. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
The American Legion, with flags in their hands, heads down Mineral Avenue as a part of the Libby Logger Days parade on Saturday Morning. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Children watch a National Guard truck from Detachment 1, 639th Quartermaster, as it drives past them during the Libby Logger Days parade Saturday morning. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
A parade goer tosses candy out of a firetruck for children as they head down Mineral Avenue, Saturday in Libby. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Logging trucks head down Mineral Avenue during the Libby Logger Days parade Saturday morning. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Children lined Mineral Avenue to watch police cars, ambulances and logging trucks head down the Gut during a parade for the 61st Annual Libby Loggers Days, Saturday morning.
Drivers in the parade threw candy out of their windows as children scattered to grab what they could.
Some of the weekend’s festivities included live music, carnival rides, lumberjack show, a gun raffle and the Bull/Bullette of the Woods boxing matches.
Runners participated in an early morning 5/10k Fun Run before the parade.
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