What a great combination for a fun-filled week. Many of the roads to Des Moines were closed yesterday due to large amounts of rain...5 inches three nights in a row. The heat index is almost 110 and there is not a break until tomorrow when it is supposed to rain on these poor people again. It amazes me how it has had little effect on the attendance at the fair. People just learn to adapt and overcome. Such is the nature of farm folk. Even in this heat I still love the fair; seeing all of the old faces...like the old guy on the white mule directing traffic. God I love them.
I was happy to see Alan and Cam Stateler pull in with a load of feeder calves for the show. The have two of the fancy heifers that they are consigning to our sale. I don't know how they do it with juggling kids and cattle in this weather. Kids are so resilient. Their little boy said the most amazing thing that really caught my heart. He asked his mother, "Mommy, why did God make the sky so cool if he's going to put it so far away that we can't touch it?" He was serious! You have to love kids!!!
Hope to see some of your faces at the fair. It sounds like after friday things will be much better! Let's hope so.
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