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Slowly going nowhere...or NowHere. Posting travel pics to prove we are Not Dead In A Ditch

All the Fun of the Fair in Sedalia, MO

All the Fun of the Fair in Sedalia, MO

A lack of forward planning on our part means that we are at the Missouri State Fairgrounds for Labor Day Weekend. All the state parks & city campgrounds are booked over the holiday as everyone wants to bid farewell to summer with a camping trip and a last campfire. But I figured the State Fair couldn't possibly fill up 1200 spots, even over a holiday weekend...
We arrived on Wednesday, just in case.

We are here just after their Annual State Fair, so again with the over abundance of flies and perpetual backhand practice. I have to say that Missouri flies are a lot cheekier than those in Wyoming. These ones land on your nose or the flyswatter preventing a good swish, unless you're up for a slapstick Benny Hill moment.

We were stuck in our Airstream tin-can for 2 days of thunder & rain, but a break in the weather allowed us to go explore and it was kinda cool to wander around, exploring a mostly deserted showground.

The ghost of where a cow once stood...to have her toenails painted?

And then at the weekend, the animals arrived.
There was a horsemanship competition to watch in the Coliseum, where we judged trotting, turning the horse 360 and reversing (better than me in the truck was the verdict).

And a goat show, where goats are paraded and judged like a dog show - I know! Who knew that was a thing? Although obviously obedience was not one of the categories being judged - these bad boys were all pure muscle and testosterone.

As we are not goat experts we made our own competition, judging on more superficial criteria - Best Hairdo.

It was fun wandering around, seeing all the different breeds and talking to the owners, and good to get a little taste of what the fair might be like...if you multiply the smell, the noise and the people by 10,000 it might just come close!

Stormin' in Sparta, IL

Stormin' in Sparta, IL

Collecting Shells in Lawrence, KS

Collecting Shells in Lawrence, KS