County Fair

It's 4:20 AM.  A whopper of a thunderstorm woke me up about 3.  I figured I might as well get up and post some of our recent activities.

We went to the Jasper County Fair last week.  All fairs have common elements.  There were carnival rides.

And animals.  There were different buildings for the different animals.  This was for goats.

There were ribbons for crafts and food.  This entry won several ribbons.  Yes, you are correct.  It is a latch rug of a tractor.

I did think this was cool.  These are hand painted, real eggs.  Amazing.

And tractors, of course.  Here I am in a new $500,000 tractor that does something - not sure what - but John Luzer really, really wants it.

This was a whole room of old tractors - fondly remembered and restored.

We spent a few minutes at the goat auction.  It's where the 4-H kids auction off their animals.  The first entry sold for $1,050!!!  I couldn't believe it.  For a goat???!!!

Most of the goats went for $400-$600.  Peggy Luzer explained that a lot of the money was just to support the kids.  They used it for college and such.  Still, that's a lot of support in my book.

The highlight of the night was the Destruction Derby.  We bought our tickets 45 minutes early because the stands were filling up fast.

The first event was a lawn mower derby.  Yep.  You heard right.  Three lawn mowers dueling it out to the death.

Then they brought out the fire hoses and got the ground good and muddy.

The cars were next.  Oh, yeah, baby.

If you can't see this fine derby video, you can watch it at 

http://youtu.be/DPD8kO5_TxA

Word of warning:  It's thrilling.

After the big cars, were the smaller cars.  And then when the trucks started, we were done.  We'll have to watch that next time.

Don't forget the food.  We had funnel cake, grilled corn on the cob, and hot dogs.  I was walking next to this girl how had a plate of cheese fries.  Thin curly fries piled high on the plate and covered with cheese.  It looked like a heart attack waiting to happen.  Next time...

And this sign was in one of the food wagon windows.  Great, huh?

Let me just say, the Jasper County Fair did not disappoint.  Loved every minute.  Great time and great company.  Thanks John and Peggy Luzer for educating us on all things "Fair".