Will Conrad, left, and Tucker Wilson, employees Davis Shows Northwest, check to make sure the lightbulbs on the Mardi Gras Funhouse marquee work properly as they help set up on Tuesday evening in Chehalis.
A worker with Davis Shows Northwest helps put together one of the rides at the carnival in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
A man sits on a bench outside of Yard Birds as a carnival, put on by Davis Shows Northwest, is constructed in the west parking in Chehalis on Tuesday afternoon.
Tucker Wilson, an employee with Davis Shows Northwest, unlocks the hinges to the top readerboard on the Mardi Gras Funhouse at the carnival being set up in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
A worker with Davis Shows Northwest helps put together one of the rides at the carnival in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
A worker with Davis Shows Northwest helps put together one of the rides at the carnival in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
Will Conrad, an employee with Davis Shows Northwest, lifts up the lighted marquee on the Mardi Gras Funhouse at the carnival being set up in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
Will Conrad, an employee with Davis Shows Northwest, lifts up the lighted marquee on the Mardi Gras Funhouse at the carnival being set up in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The carnival, which opens on Thursday, is free to get in, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75.
Those driving down North National Avenue past the Yard Birds Mall have mostly likely spotted carnival rides being set up.
A family entertainment company, Davis Shows Northwest, recently arrived in the parking lot of the shopping center to offer carnival attractions to locals in the area.
The company, owned and operated by Pat and Geraldine Davis, is a family orientated traveling carnival dating back 60 years.
Carnival rides, food and games will be offered starting today at 4 p.m. The carnival will run through Sunday, and will open at 4 p.m. on Friday, and noon on the weekend days.
Tickets for rides are $3.75 each, a book of 10 can be purchased for $32, or an all day pass can be bought for $25.
The Yard Birds Mall is located at 2100 N. National Ave. in Chehalis.
