Top Ten Things Books Have Made Me Want To Do or Learn About After Reading Them (I only have time to write about three today) Horseracing I was always pretty good with horses. After reading Seabiscuit, I became a little bit obsessed. I learned so much about bugboys and claiming races. I visited my family’s county…
Trip to Rural Illinois – 2013
Most years we try to make our annual pilgrimage to Cumberland County, Illinois during fair week. Here are some photos from this year’s trip.
DAY FOUR of RURAL ILLINOIS 2012
August 22, 2012 Today at the track was harness racing. Between the actual trotting races were speciality races, like kids on stick horses. After harness racing we stopped by the Cameo Winery to test some of the new varieties, we visited with a cousin. She gave me a fresh haircut. We then all met up at…
DAY TWO of RURAL ILLINOIS 2012
August 20, 2012 This morning we went down to Grandad’s shed and poked around. That shed houses more bits and pieces than one would think possible. We stopped by to see some old family friends before heading to the fairgrounds for the thoroughbred racing. In the evening was the 2012 Cumberland County Fair Queen and…
Day Six: Saturday, August 23, 2008
Saturday morning we drove back from Tuscola, and packed in a lot in one day. We stopped by Cameo Vineyards and Winery, right next to the fairgrounds. There have been grapes grown in the area for over 100 years but this particular family started up the business about 15 years ago. They make delicious, very…