Fair Time

It's fair time!

Talk about a busy week. The Bennet County Fair is going on in Martin, so things are a movin' and shakin'. We had to be in town by five for the firemans pancake breakfast, which means chores had to be done by 4:30...ew. So Merle was moving and started chores a little while before me, but I got out of the house somewhere around four. We did chores in the dark and managed to find all the calves and Joe and Ace. Got everyone fed, and headed for town.

Merle started cooking ham and I helped set up and then was given the job of pancake batter mixer girl...and what a job it was. We were using ten pound bags and mixing them with a cordless drill mixer in a five gallon pale. I had pancake batter everywhere. In fact, I got more crap than anyone because I splattered it all over the fire chief and the assiatant chief! Haha, they looked too clean! But, I tell you what, when it comes to making pancakes, I can mix them so their good and fluffy! We ended up using about 90lbs of pancake mix- yeah that's a lot of pancakes. The breakfast went over pretty well, it was rainy, and the crowd was a little smaller than usual they said, but we still had some pretty big rushes. It was a lot of fun, and there was plenty of bs flying around. What would a person expect to happen with that many men in one kitchen! But, we got done there about 9:30 and headed home so that Merle could meet with and insurance guy and look at roofs after our lovely hail not too long ago. I went along and watched this guy do all of his measurments and stuff- some of that is pretty in depth and kindof interesting. I was mostly taken by his ladder that folded up and fit in his trunk very easily- I so want one. Anyway, he left, we ate dinner and then got the tractor ready to bring to town with our load of wood that Jeff and I cut up and loaded the other day. Merle started in towards town at about 15mph and I dinked around here for a half hour of so and then headed in with the pickup. I met him at the bbq pit where we dropped off the wood. Harold already had the fire going. He said they put the meat in at about 8 that night and let it sit in those coals until this morning, so it takes a lot of wood. Then, we left the tractor and stack mover by the fire hall and went out to unload a trailer load of bales that we left in town. We couldn't find anyone home at the place they needed to be, so we just came back to town- Merle started back with the tractor and I ran some errands and headed back for chores.

After chores Merle said he was going to go in for the 4-H auction. I figured it sounded like a good time so I went along. They have this cake decorating contest and they all exibit their cakes as well. Then, after they get placed they have this auction, and you would not believe what a cake is worth. I think I highest was up to over 600 dollars and the lowest around $85. Not to mention the market cattle that they sold- most sat around 1.20. Merle actually bought the one and only market hog- so yey for pork! haha, it was a lot of fun to watch and they had plenty to sell. The money goes between the 4-Her and a Washington DC trip fund. After the auction it was already pretty late again. On the way home, we could see a lot of lightning and rain. We turned on the radio and found out that the storm was headed pretty much right for us. So, we ran around putting in vehicles again and then went and pretty much waited for a fire call. There was so much lighning that it was pretty much inevitable that something would get stuck, but there was also enough rain that you would think a fire wouldnt' get going. But, there was a call in town. A trailer got struck by lighting and had five people inside. They couldn't confirm that it was on fire and the road was already so muddy, I don't know if we could have even made it so we didn't go. After that it just seemed to keep on storming. I finally just went to bed and now today it's all rainy again- guess we'll see what tonight brings.

That's about all I got- just had some time while it rained and thought I should get caught up! Sounds like we'll spend a lot of the day stringing salt and mineral if the rain ever stops!