Day 9 of the Great Adventure, Performance Day 6 (final - thank goodness)
It started out so well too. We got to the Fair earlier: the plan being to do about an hour or two and then take a long break, then finish the gig more or less at the 4H tent where they were feeding people. But as soon as I started moving the cart I felt something was not quite right. We got over to the building where Kay's mom was working and I was struggling. So Shelly was parked and examined and it was discovered that she had a flat tire. Bummer!
We had to get her back to her building so we could fix her boo-boo, but how?
Well, leave it to AnimalX, the fairy queen. She rounded up two very fine specimens of Army pulchritude (they were both so tall!) and they basically carried Shelly to where she needed to go.
So, after getting A. out of her costume, we hopped in the van and went to Lowes where she found a usable replacement. (We also stopped at Dollar Tree where I was able to find my new addiction - Chili-lime coated peanuts. I'm hooked.)
We got back to the Fair, changed the tire, had lunch and got A. back into her costume. By then it was around 3pm - the hottest part of the day here as far as I'm concerned. We went out for awhile and enchanted the crowd as usual. We ran into Kay and her family again (they're EVERYWHERE!!!).
One thing that was a big problem again, only moreso than before - the wind. Several times I was in danger of going over, and I was certainly being pushed around. The most difficult part was when I was heading straight into it; I was pushing - it was pushing. It won, and then it would suddenly stop and I'd almost fall over. Then there was the tailwind which would push me faster than I wanted to go. I almost got run over from the inside.
Meanwhile, A. had a lovely encounter with a couple of boys who were children in adults bodies (Austen and Jay who were friends, and there with their mothers.) They were both very shy when she approached them but Austen quickly got over it and started talking to her, then came over and talked with Hoolia. Jay hung back a bit but then started interacting. When they took a picture with A., one on each side, both put their heads on her shoulders. Very cute. Then A. offered to give Jay a 'butterfly kiss' with her eyelashes (humongous things, as mentioned before). Jay drew back but then his mother reminded him that he liked butterfly kisses, so he let A. do it to him. After, he kissed the back of her hand. like a gallant knight. Very touching.
In our final run we had a little fun with the fairy riding a mower racing the turtle. Video was taken, and hopefully it will be posted somewhere soon.
Right at the end the wind got even more... windy, so we headed in. It took us several hours to break things down and pack the van. When we got back to the hotel I tried to finish my packing but my brain went on strike, so the intention is to get up relatively early, finish packing and get on the road as soon as possible.
At this point the intention is to drive about an hour and go to a bison refuge. Then our next goal is the N. Dak. Badlands, about 5 hours away.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to post a daily (nightly) blog. If I do I'll alert on Facebook to let you know, but I will be writing everyday regardless.
Oh, I almost forgot - the turquoise and pink conspiracy theory continues. As far as I could tell, 9 out of every 10 girls under the age of 10 were wearing those colors. Oh, and the majority of the children at the fair are blonde... Don't know if that has anything to do with anything, but no matter what the skin color was, the clothing color was generally either pink or turquoise.
It will be interesting to see if this trend is apparent in other parts of the state. If it is I will have to come to some conclusion. If not I will probably forget it fairly quickly.
Here's hoping for option #2.
Talk atcha later.
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