Calhoun County Fair, 2018

We think we've started to run out of things to see in south central Michigan. But wait....if you give it a little thought and check with the young lady working at the local Biggby Coffee shop, you'll come up with a couple of ideas...

This week the annual Calhoun County Fair is being held. We always like to see local stuff, so we drove south a few miles to Marshall, and the county fairground. With a history spanning some 170 years, this county fair is among the states longest continuous running fair.

The central exhibition building is original to the beginning of the fair, but has just recently been completely rebuilding. The four wings of the building showcase the work of local home-makers, farmers, and students.

Of course, we had to tour the animal exhibits! There were horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, and of course, rabbits. We particularly liked this distant evolutionary cousin of our Boston Terrier companion, Sasha!

 These sleepy lambs reminded us of our days with our children in 4-H.

Of course, any county fair wouldn't be complete without an exhibit of both new, old, and unusual farm equipment. This late 1940's Ford tractor is one of the most unusual we've seen! My Dad had one just like it....without the unusual track system.

But then we saw this unusual exhibit:

We particularly liked the decorations in the Horse Barn!

See what I mean? What a way to kill an afternoon, and it was Senior's Get In Free day!