Entry for August 29, 2006 HORSE MADE ICE CREAM!!!!!

Each year we have the Wilson County Fair on our calender as a must see event. This fair has been voted one of the best fairs in the U.S.A. Sat. morning we are off on a 90 mile trip to see the fair. There is so much to do and see at this fair as it covers over 200 acres of space. You get the status quo of exibits, farm products, garden, farm animals, equipment, tractors, and etc. A circus group preformed on the hour with fire eating, magic acts. motorcycle riders inside a metal sphere riding at the same time. Two girls performed an act with one girl supporting the other one by just her mouth for about 5 seconds using a device in her mouth that the other girl did a hand stand, amazed us. Free samples of food was everywhere, hot cornbread squares, ice cream bars, popcorn, lemonaide, water and our favorite, Pinto beans. In a village called Fiddlers Grove you had different log cabins that dated back in the 1800's.  Many buildings dotted this authentic village from years ago. Some of the numerous cabins were: school,bank,doctor,blacksmith,church, newspaper,funeral home,hardware,grocery, you get the idea. The pinto beans we got were cooked over an open fire all day long. They were cooked in an old big metal pot suspended on an iron tripod. The pot must have  had about 30 gallons of beans. I asked my wife if this qualifyed for supper but she never gave me an answer. NOT!!! Now for some HORSE MADE ICE CREAM!!! Yes I said horse made.  The horse was on a large treadmill which was hooked up to the ice cream freezer as the horse walked on the treadmill the freezer turned which froze the ice cream. Two dollars a small bowl, I'll take two and hand her a 5 dollar bill and she gets us two bowls and gives me back 3 dollars. You do the math??? Our day was very good  even if the tempture was about 95. We arrived back home about 11:00 after finding our car in a 100 acre parking lot in the dark.