Day 79 of our 2025 RVing Adventure with Historical & Musical Interludes

It's Saturday July 19th, day 79 of our 2025 summer adventure. I enjoyed my morning walk, even though it was cooler,  there was no wind and warm sunshine. The roads were quieter this morning, since it was a Saturday morning. It was still chilly enough for my bright windbreaker, in addition to my bright sneakers!

We visited with Jimmy over coffee and banana bread this morning.  He headed to the fairgrounds and we ran a few errands before we headed over to the fair. Jimmy won't take any money for us staying here, so we got him a couple bottles of Old Smuggler Scotched Whiskey. Plus I have baked 12 loaves of sweet bread for him. They are vacuum sealed in his freezer! 

We made our daily delivery to the fairgrounds. The corn Hole Boards stay at the Horseshoe Bar until the time for the raffle, each night. So, today Charlie had a cheeseburger (from the Rotary stand) and a few beers while we were there today. I had Peanut Butter Cup ice cream from the Farm Bureau stand! It's a fair tradition!

We visited with Lynn and Swifty. We normally camp with them while we are in New York, but our schedules did not align this summer. They volunteer to run the Horseshoe Bar at the fair!

We ran into a young man that grew up with our sons, Paul Teed. Charlie has a real soft spot for this young man now. Paul reminded us that it was 15 years ago, to the day and date, of his accident. The short story is there was a serious water main leak on the fairgrounds. The "grounds crew" were working hard to get it fixed. Paul took a 4-wheeler out to the parking lot to get something. Charlie and his brother in-law Mike, were standing outside the office and heard the 4-wheeler and saw the headlight pointing in a strange direction. They went to investigate and found Paul underneath the 4-wheeler and he was not breathing. Charlie did some EMS work on Paul and got him breathing while they waited for the ambulance, which are always on the fairgrounds. Paul has made a full recovery and is now a grandfather! As a good friend often says... "there is no such thing as a coincidences." There was a reason that Mike and Charlie where there that night. 

Jimmy came home right after the derby ended. He needed to be near people that love him. He was visited by "the haters" today after the Demolition Derby... some people are not happy if they don't "get their way." It takes a great deal out of his always happy demeanor. He is better now. I am grateful, that we can be here for him. Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures!