Starting out early on Wednesday we headed for Viroqua and Aunt Janelle's. Amy has a full work day, and going to set up at her house, while I help Grandpa start getting tractors ready for the World's Fair later in the month. We got 2 tires repaired on the hay wagon, so we could get Grandpa's CO-OP tractor and my Farmall B out, gassed up, then ready to go.
Thursday morning Amy had work again, and grandpa and I unloaded his big trailer so we can haul utv's and an atv to Hatfield next Tuesday. In the afternoon we went down to the fair and walked through the animal barns. I thought maybe just maybe I might run into some that I knew... but no luck. In the afternoon we packed up and headed for Cashton. We had plans to have dinner with Cass and Matt. Cass was in my class, Matt a year older. They have a wonderful place in Cashton and a great family. It was great to catch up after all these years!
Friday morning I got some of this Blog caught up while Amy had the bulk of her work in the morning. We took off just after noon, loaded up to stay in Viroqua through most of Sunday. We caught lunch at Coney Island... a local Hot Dog joint in La Crosse for many years. We took a walk around the Fair again in the afternoon, then packed up Grandpa and met Aunt Janelle and Cousin Chad at Norwegian Hollow for fish dinner. Tractor pulls were starting at 7, so we headed back to the fair grounds. Vernon County Fair is dry, so nearing the end we got thirsty and walked across the highway for a couple adult beverages. Cousin Chad's ex-wife was bar tending, so we got to catch up with her, and met a gentleman that knew my dad when he owned a couple bars back in Cashton before I came along.
We slept in a bit Saturday, well Amy slept in, I fiddled around on the tablet :) Then went to the fair for breakfast. The portable food stands are pretty high, but the built in food stands are pretty reasonable. We watched a guy doing caricature drawings for folks, and signed up and had ours done!
We listened to some music and toured a few parts of the fair we had not seen. Saturday night's attraction was the Demolition Derby!
Like the night before, we slipped out about 30 min early to beat the crowd to the watering hole. Plus it was a convenient walk back to Grandpa's house.
Sunday we got convinced to pack up Grandpa and join Aunt Janelle at church. Then a little breakfast out. We then ran out to the farm to load up the UTV's and ATV's for Tuesday in Hatfield, WI.
It is pretty amazing, there is Grandpa, at 98 and 11 months, out there on the trails riding a UTV with the rest of us. It is such a blessing to still have him with us, and how able he is to go and do things still!
