The PA Farm Show

Yesterday I went with a group of friends (and countless strangers) to the Farm Show. After a little misdirections we arrived at PSECU. After parking and taking a brisk walk (the brisk was for the temperature) over to the arena we stepped inside. Wow, I love going to the Farm Show. Now as is commonplace on my blog I will give you the highlights as I saw them. We started looking around and almost immediately Linda had grabbed someones udders. Luckily they were on a fake cow and they wanted you to touch them. Then Linda almost tackled a guy in a cow costume, is anyone else seeing a pattern? Our next stop was Cory's farmer photo op. Then after looking around we made it to the food court. Oh my, more on the food later. We then headed to where the animals were being kept. We saw alpacas, goats, sheep, cows, bulls, newly hatched chickens, older KFC ready chickens, roosters, ducks, dogs and one huge buffalo. No pigs though, stupid swine flu! One of the bulls we saw was gigantic. He was 7 years old, weighed around 2,000 lbs and from tip to tip of his horns was 91 inches (that's 7 ft 7 in)! We said some ohhs and ahhs and then were off. We then saw some curious sheep. I think they were curious as to why after growing a nice warm coat they would be shaved clean and then made to wear what looked like a speedo. There were many kinds from store bought to home-made. From some of big brother's hand me downs to some that were either capes or monks outfits. Well we headed on our way. The next room had all sorts of things for sale. From kitchen utensils to pig key chains that lit up and oinked, from make your own dip to dill pickle T-shirts. Later we found the butter statue and wondered if there was going to be an attempt at the world's largest slice of toast later. We also stopped at the Air National Guard stand. Why you ask? Well on their tent was in big letters 1-800-TOGOANG. Now in our group in Angela, who goes by Ang. So when you call ask for Ang I'm sure they will think it is hilarious. But remember to dial "800" not "900" because the "900" number is something completely different. Well it was getting late so we started to make our way out. We stopped in to the arena and saw Margie "I still have unread emails from 2002" Tupper. She was there with her Mom and and a friend. When she checks her e-mail she is going to feel silly. When we got back to the food court we grabbed a quick bite. Among the things we ate; the vegetable soup, the broccoli cheese soup, the chocolate milkshake, fruit smoothies, fried cheese cubes, a large hot dog thing, a tilapia sandwich and various free samples all day. But as much walking as we did I think we broke even. I did see some guy passed out on the floor and decided not to have the pork sandwich. As we left we stopped for a couple pics me on the tire of a John Deere tractor and Kim doing her best Vanna White impression. We got out and headed for home, all in all a great day.