Summers are filled with county fairs

A fond memory of mine growing up in Iowa is being a 4-H member and attending the county fair every year. This year, I had the honor of assisting my dad as a clerk for the Floyd County sheep show! It brought some great memories of caring for my 4-H lambs and showing them at the fair. The young girl who won the Grand Champion award looked so proud, as did her sheep!

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We also attended the Mitchell County Fair, one county to the north of us, and enjoyed walking through to see all the animals,

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…crafts, and the Figure 8 races! I had never seen a race like that. Watching it had this weird effect on us by making us all want to talk like we were from Hazard County. Yeeeeehawwww!

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