Day 75 of our 2025 RVing Adventure with Historical & Musical Interludes

It's Tuesday July 15th, day 75 of our 2025 summer adventure. My morning walk included some eerie fog. My pictures show a hazy or misty atmosphere with the sun breaking through the fog, casting a golden glow over the landscape. It was very beautiful.

After my walk, our day began with a phone call from Jimmy (our host) to head to the local hotel and show a friendly face to an act that is coming to the fair that had a difficult night. Our "job" was also to see if we could figure out what happened and provide him the info. So, off to Leisure's we headed. I did change my stinky walking shirt, but not my shorts or sneakers. While we were there we had breakfast, since we love the restaurant attached to the hotel, while waiting for the entertainers to get settled in their room. They decided they needed to rest a bit, since they slept in their truck the night before. So, we left them there and had more running to do.

We picked up Jimmy's "work truck" and picked up tables and chairs for the announcer's stand at the fairgrounds. We already had an assignment to deliver the "branded water" and corn hole boards that are being given away each night. So, Charlie in the Chevy (yes, Charlie drove a Chevy) and me in the car headed to the fairgrounds with our loads.

At the fairgrounds we hooked up with Jimmy and got everything delivered. We did all that work on the lower part of the fairgrounds, so we only saw a few people, Michelle Shero was the most important one we saw this trip! The New York State Sire Stake Races were just starting while we were there.

They even have a real bugler to call the start of the races! We headed back to our RV, returned the work truck to the farm. We rested a bit, then Charlie had a service appointment for the car. So he headed to Geneseo for that. I stayed at the camper doing some work for Gary. Good thing I did! Jimmy called and one of his volunteers was coming over to change out a work shirt for a different size. Jimmy called back later and said he left in such a hurry for the TV crews at the fairgrounds that he forgot to grab some tools.

So, I am in his shop as he is describing to me what tools he wants. I found most of them and gathered them up. I told him I could bring them over in the work truck, or we could run them over when Charlie got back. He did not need them right away, so I waited for Charlie. We took the bucket of tools over and met Jimmy. We decided to each "fair food" while we were there. We also got to see Mrs. Pease, Dawn Woodburn, Debbie Vallone, Jane Barnett and Dave Peck. While we were ordering food, we ran into his sister Molly, her 2 grandsons and her husband Mike. After our late lunch on the fairgrounds, I snapped a quick picture of the midway. The rides are not yet open, so it should fill in soon.

We came back to our base camp and got our chairs set up in the shade, when Jimmy called again. There were new banners for a sponsor in his house. Charlie grabbed them and took them over to Jimmy at the fairgrounds. It's a good thing our temporary homestead is only 3 miles from the fairgrounds.

We did enjoy a leisurely evening after our running ended at 5pm. As I type this the sun is just starting to go down, should be a beautiful picture in a bit!

The best part of staying at Jimmy's is when he gets home from the fair, whether it is 9pm or midnight, we sit outside and let him decompress with friends and without judgement. Living alone with no significant other to bounce stuff off of or just to listen when you need to talk. That is why I am grateful that we can be here for him, even if it is only for a few weeks a year. But, being here for him during this tough week is especially rewarding for us. 

Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures!