Doug Visit #4

Doug came to visit again! This time it was kind of last minute, but Julie and I were able to get off work anyways, so we could hang out with him. There was quite afew things going on in the area, so we had a lot of fun! Get Smart came out in Theatres, so we went to that Friday night after he got here and got SO many laughs out of that! Very funny movie! Haha! It was also Race and Crash day over in Milroy, so we went to that. We didn't get there in time for the compact car and grain truck races, but we did make it in time for the combine demolition derby! It was very entertaining! It's pretty amazing how they can whip those big things around! And how much they can put up with and just keep right on going! Very Hick - very entertaining! :)Jules and I watching the derbyJules and Doug watching the Derby :)All the combines getting ready before it started.Lining upSome of the people were so creative in the way that they decorated their combine. The Vikings one even had horns! But...it didn't win...typical ;) Haha!It was kinda funny looking when they would crash and then back up, their back wheels would go way up in the air!This one was my favorite - the cookie monster! He was so cute! he had big white barrels and hanging black pendulums for eyes! and then cookie wheels! But, he was really slow, so his looks were about all he had going for him. The MFD (Milroy Fire Department) Combine in the very left of the above picture got smashed so short by the end of the derby - he looked so funny! But he stuck through for a long time anyhow. (all the proceeds of this event went to the Fire Deparment by the way - kinda made you feel like you were watching for a cause) ;)

These were the last two in the final heat. The big John Deer McCormick combine ended up winning it all. He deserved it, too. By the end he was dragging so much junk around in his corn head and all the stuff hanging off the back made it so he could hardly drive forward or backward but he kept at it! Then they had a consolation round and Tony the Tiger won! (sorry, i don't have any pictures of him!) After the Derby we went out to eat at the Ground Round. A first for all of us, and we all really liked it! We even saved room for dessert! Julie and I each had a piece of cake that was like chocolate heaven! Doug got some wierd fruity cake thing so no one would snitch off of his ;) Haha! J/k! Sunday we went to church - and everyone at church really likes Doug, too! Yay! :) Then he had to go :(