Spencer, IA Clay County Fair Day 1

Wednesday, September 10
The Clay County fair in Spencer, IA was part of the reason for the stay at Spirit Lake.  Spencer was about 16 miles south of Spirit Lake.  As we drove into Spencer we saw this car for sale:

This Oldsmobile was in cherry condition.  Tic thinks it is probably a 1954 or 1955.

They had a tent of antique cars and trucks.  This Ford caught Tic's attention.

This Ford is even older.  I'll stop with these two trucks.

We saw lots of quilts.  All these on this side of this display were hand sewn.  The quilts on the other side were machine done.

We thought this quilt was really original!

We also liked this very detailed quilt.

How about this handmade wooden hay truck.  Talent!

This is one side of one display of fruits and vegetables entered in the fair.

This was the gourd and melon section. 

We walked into a large building that had a huge model train setup.  The display was probably 50 ft by 25 ft.  As we walked around there were lots of different Iowa cities and areas displayed.  The display was enclosed by glass so it was hard to get pictures.  I narrowed the best pictures down to the following. 

There was even a wind farm. We have seen many wind farms here in Iowa.

Look at the various train trestles. 

This corner represented the Clay County Fair.

Not sure which city this represents but it is along the river obviously.

Golf anyone?

Train yard and gravel pit.  All the detail just amazed us. This is the last picture of the train display.

There was lots of farm equipment on display.  I really liked this tractor.  You could take this one any where in any condition.  I could have fun driving this!!

Indian motorcycles are being made again.  Tic's dad had one.  His dad would take him for rides while Tic sat on the tank.  

Cool looking bikes!

Next to the Indian motorcycles were the Victory motorcycles.  This one looked futuristic.  Look at the headlight.  Below is the rear view of the bike.

Below is Farmer Bob.  He roamed around the fair grounds.

Farmer Bob's tractor and trailer was loaded with everything you can think of.  It was a hoot.

We were privileged to see Tina and Lena at this county fair also.  Still just as funny.

We had to leave the fair early today because Tic's brother & sister-in-law were coming to our coach to see it and visit.  They were to arrive about 3:30 in the afternoon. It was OK because we already planned to go to the fair the next day also.  And it was getting COLD!