The Pennsylvania Farm Show (January 16th)

On January 16th, we went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show (in Harrisburg, which is about an hour and a half from our house).  We had a great time seeing the animals, buying honey and maple syrup from local vendors, and sampling some locally produced food.

 

This huge horse was getting his hooves painted before he was shown.  We got to watch a horse get a manicure!!

 

There were all sorts of chickens...Some with very crazy, fluffy hair on their heads (like this one)

  

 

They had a whole display of tractors big & small.  The girls had fun climbing on and pretending to drive.  Most of the time, the first thing they did when they hopped up was to buckle their seatbelts.
 

There were a couple of HUGE tractors with gigantic wheels.  We came across this one first and took the girls picture and then walked a little further and there was an even bigger tractor with wheels that were taller than Ben.  The girls thought that was amazing.

That evening, we went to a rodeo.  We got there early and got really good seats.  We were just a few rows back and down at the end near the bull pens.  So, we got to watch the rodeo as well as a lot of behind the scenes wrangling.  It was fun to see, and the girls thought it was cool at first, but before long were bored (apparently the different events are all similar enough to not be intriguing for that long...)  

 
 

The thing I think we'll remember the most though is the walk to the car afterwards.  We were not parked very far away, but the wind chill was -10 or something, so we were all freezing by the time we got to the car.  We were very happy to get into the car and out of the wind!