Zimmermans annual«Wild West Days» is held every year, rain or shine, at a public park off Main Street. The theme of course as the name suggests, is a olden days western theme, with A parade, soap box car derby races, All weekekend long carnival, talent show, petting zoo, camel and pony rides, Fireworks and much more. In a small town where everyone knows almost everyone, and they are all busy with the family life and children and such things like that, It is a nice way for the community to get together and overall have a great time. Put together anually by the Zimmerman Civic Club, It is a great 3 – 4 days of family fun, games, carnival food, and quality time. With a Kareoke contest/Bar/Bowling Alley right across the street as well, It makes for a good time for all ages. The pony rides are suprisingly cheap, we let our daughter on one and i think it was only 5 or 10 bucks and it was actually a pretty decently long ride. The camel rides I believe were 20 dollars and lasted quite a while too. Maybe when our daughter is a little bigger, we will let her on there. Of course, carnivals nowdays are much more expensive than they used to be, with tickets for rides now being charged at $ 1.25 a piece(Insane!) and carnies trying to scam you outta money left and right throughout the place. So thats kind of a Debbie-downer, plus the greasy, fattening(delicious) food being no less than $ 3.50 really takes a toll on the sanity of ones self not to mention, the size of ones wallet as well. The parade is insane, the streets are packed and that, unlike everything else besides the petting zoo, is free. Its very very hard to find parking though during this weekend. And the traffic waits on 169 and especially in town can sometimes cause you to rip out your hair. But all in all, it is a fun weekend, for adults and kids alike.
