Jack's 40th County Fair

In the busy-ness of this time of year, we had to make time for a day trip to the Hillsdale County Fair. It was a big one...Jack's 40th consecutive fair. Amazing to think of the history there.
We left early in the morning on September 29th. We went into the city to pick up Wayne, who came out of his apartment armed with a pillow since he planned on sleeping all the way to the fair. Which he did. Sally was not able to attend because of coaching. She was a good sport about it.
We arrived at the Fair by noon. We did the corn dog and Fiske fries, played the squirt gun game (I beat Jack and Wayne!) and saw the Barnyard Babies. We were thrilled to see a new Photo Button booth...but the guy's button maker was not working so we will have to order it online again this year.
We made our traditional stop at Hillsdale College, with the lightning fast wireless Internet. We found our brick and strolled around campus before heading to Schuler's in Marshall. Oh my goodness. There is nothing like Schuler meatballs, salad and peppermint ribbon pie.
It was a great day to be together and continue a tradition that is so important to our family. And we had Wayne back at his apartment by 9:30....plenty early for him to join his friends for a night out in the city.

corn dogs!

father and son stroll on Hillsdale campus

red ball is the stand in for Sally