The boys have been saving their money (mainly earned by helping with work at the house) and have looked forward to seeing "the tractor man" at the Greensburg annual Power of the Past Tractor show. "The tractor man" has parts and pieces of sets that he sells for reasonable prices. So, they found some deals...and the man remembered them from when we stopped at the Shelbyville tractor show.
But...I don't think the boys (or I) realized all that we would really be able to see among the tractors. I've never seen such a large display of so many kinds and so many generations of tractors.
I think the oldest smaller tractor we saw was from 1918.
We saw several steam engine tractors (check out this video from the tractor parade)
small re-built tractors
the saw mill (where Uncle Eric was helping with the demo)...I was trying to make sure the boys understood that this was how the lumber in our house was created.
the threshing machine (from the late 1800's) still usable to separate the wheat after it's been cut and bundled...
Ready for the pedal tractor pull...
Waiting for "go" at the needle in a haystack game (finding the 3 objects in the straw)
Joe found 2 of the 3 objects in his group of seekers. So, he won $4.00.
Jake's group had to search for quite a while and they were a tough group of lookers...but Jake ended up empty handed (and pretty straw covered!) :).
What a fun day!
But...I don't think the boys (or I) realized all that we would really be able to see among the tractors. I've never seen such a large display of so many kinds and so many generations of tractors.
I think the oldest smaller tractor we saw was from 1918.
We saw several steam engine tractors (check out this video from the tractor parade)
small re-built tractors
the saw mill (where Uncle Eric was helping with the demo)...I was trying to make sure the boys understood that this was how the lumber in our house was created.
the threshing machine (from the late 1800's) still usable to separate the wheat after it's been cut and bundled...
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| baling the wheat after it was separated out |
Ready for the pedal tractor pull...
Watch Joe's tractor pull...
Joe wins his weight group!
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| Jake waits his turn... |
Added weight really slowed the kids in Jake's weight group down!
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| Joe shows Aunt Rachel his trophy! |
Waiting for "go" at the needle in a haystack game (finding the 3 objects in the straw)
Jake's group had to search for quite a while and they were a tough group of lookers...but Jake ended up empty handed (and pretty straw covered!) :).
What a fun day!
That is one proud little boy with the trophy! Way to go, Jake and Joe! I feel Jake's pain - it's the same way when you compete in triathlons - the younger you are, the easier the competition.
ReplyDeleteJake handled it very well...better than I thought he would! :)
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