What a perfect day we had for the Stanley Fair. It was top down driving all the way from our departure point to the fair and the drive was so beautiful that the bumps in the latter part of the road were hardly noticed. All 10 cars arrived safe and sound parading into the Town of Stanley in a very orderly and proud way. Sandi and Larry met us at the Fair entrance and led us into our show area. You can see some of these pix already posted. We had 2 additional cars show up later so in total we had a dozen cars, the largest FABAC contingent attending this event. The show organizers met and greeted us with a very warm and inviting welcome.
Once parked we were not long in getting out and about. There were many things to see and do and yes they once again had the sheep shearing demo with a very knowledgeable shearer who was keen to answer the many questions. One of the added posted attractions was the "Cow Paddy" Bingo scheduled later in the day. How often do you see that sign? There was so many things like that including the large array of antique but running "one lunger" antique machines whose owner operators took so much pride in describing how they were restored. I was told, many were found seized, broken and generally in poor shape. Most were restored to working order.
The live animal displays with the animals all nicely groomed and bedded really showed the pride of the owners. I didn't realize there were so many varieties of cows and chickens — OK so I'm a city boy.
Onto the fair awards for baking, flower displays, maple syrup, quilts and so many more categories that it filled a display building. And our very own Larry and Sandi won 8 awards for their various entries. Talent really does walk amongst us. Congrats to you both not only for your awards but your sincere support for this wonderful event!
What would a rural fair be without a horse pull and once again we were not to be disappointed. Seeing a team of two horses pull 5000 lbs is impressive. Their shear strength and determination is really unbelievable when you realize that it took a 700 hp tractor to pull the same weight back to the starting point!
Taking in all these events makes you hungry and many of us ate at the on site café filling ourselves with delicious Fair food. We were served promptly and used the time to fulfill one of our best attributes, that of "chin wagging" as Kelvin would call it.
So all in all we had a fun time, showed our cars to many interested folks, helped in a small way with a wonderful community event, were much appreciated for participating and got to do all this with great friends and now great neighbours from this great Village of Stanley.
Let's do this bigger and better next year.
Thanks Larry and Sandi for organizing this for us. Good show!
Gary
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