When yesterday began, we thought we would end up the day in Kansas but the lure of attending a State Fair was too strong. We took an 18mile detour off of I-70 to attend the Missouri state fair in Sedalia which is about 70 miles East of Kansas City. We parked/camped in the adjacent campground that had water and electric and then entered the fair at 5pm for on $5 each. The highlight of the evening was the Cowboy/girl Mounted Shooting Competition. The video (taken on my Palm Phone) is a bit fuzzy and it got smokey in the arena from the gunfire, but you can get the idea of the shooting course. They are shooting at balloons and had to go around the barrels using two guns each with only five bullets. So if they only get one shot at each balloon. They are timed and there is a (huge) five second penalty if they miss a balloon or knock over the barrels. The top competitors got all the ballons in under 15 seconds which is amazing consider they have to control the hourses and shoot. At the very end of the video, the women on the right side moves her head for a second and you can see the timing clock.
We also had fun going through the buildings, seeing the turkey calling contest, eating fair food, seeing the crafts (including some incredible quilts). The camping was good and now we're off to Kansas and points west.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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