Aug 10 - Day 2 Threshermens

Another beautiful day with temps in the mid 70s! Record crowd of 7,500 on a Saturday! Main parking lot was full by 10am! Heard there was a 2 mile backup to get into the parking lot! 

Drove the Model A over to the Threshermens and it ran beautifully! Phew! And ran well in the parade! Had 3 passengers join me in the parade today!

Reported to work for my 3 hour shift at 10:30 at the main Cafe! My job: helping cut pies! We cut and served up 40 pies! Strawberry rhubarb, cherry, apple, peach and blueberry.  It was crazy busy!

After the parade drove the Model A back to the farm. It has been a wonderful tradition that Tom and Joni have hosted a wonderful potluck picnic on Saturday of Threshermens for Aronson cousins and friends. Tom and Joni provide the meat (smoked pulled pork), pickled cucumbers, potato salad, apple crisp, and Scotcharoos! Everyone else brings a salad or dessert. Once again perfect weather to enjoy great conversation. 

Mom Armstrong. Connie Aronson and Joni

Ben, Sara and Aubree 

My special friend Aubree! She made me a second friendship bracelet this year! Look close and you can see it on my wrist! The one she made last year broke off my wrist a week before returning to Iowa!

The littles!

Not everyone has a toilet and bathtub to greet their friends! When Larry and Connie Aronson drove on to the far their grandkids asked Grandpa Larry why Uncle Tom had a toilet and bathtub in their front yard? Well, because if you need to use the toilet it is right there! No need to go in the house! Don’t worry, nobody will look!!! Apparently the look on their faces was priceless!