When you're staying a a large multi-purpose facility like the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, you may witness events that you wouldn't have known about otherwise. Most of this time period was spent enjoying our daily routines and getting a few odd jobs done. There were a few interesting interruptions.
Being in the the middle of one of Indiana's Amish areas, we saw the occasional horse and buggy, even inside the fairgrounds.
One weekend, there was an educational program about pyrotechnics put on by a company offering their products or services. This included seminars on the safety aspects, as well as demonstrations of the products themselves. The daylight demo was just noisy and lasted off and on for about an hour. The after-dark demo also lasted about an hour, so we had the chance to see fireworks up close at no cost.
One Saturday, there was a huge auction and it was interesting to see the purchased objects that were being carried back to cars, trucks, and Amish vehicles. The same weekend, there was a goat sale, and we had the pleasure of watching some of the buyers trying to get the goats into their vehicles....well it was amusing to us but not so much to the new owners. A few of the goats had a few extra moments of freedom as they got away from handholds or out of the ropes that held them.
On another day, there was a large name-brand clearance sale of clothing and shoes, but we didn't find anything that called out to us to purchase it.
We had the pleasure of meeting our ham radio/RV friends, Lois and
Herb, one day for lunch in Nappanee, IN about 30 minutes away, at an
Amish style restaurant. It's always a treat to meet up with friends on
the road!
The weather ranged from cool to cold and it was often windy including a couple of days with gusts around 40 MPH. There were a few days of rain, which was sometimes heavy. All things considered, it was a pleasant stay in nice surroundings
Wonderful that you had all that free entertainment.
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