Expanded “handicapped parking and access areas” are a plus however there is always a time consuming logjam at the too few elevators necessary to move between buildings if you are not a walker.
Yet we have learned to navigate between buildings through the outside, backstage world of exhibitors and animals.
No logjams out there and with 50 °F (10 °C) temps in January it was a beautiful day for visiting, like with a guy who mucks out the stalls wearing a t-shirt, “shit happens”. Priceless! Bent Pine Alpaca Farm caught our attention not only because of their unusual farm vehicle but their story of a small "mom and pop" ambulance and wheelchair van service transitioning to alpaca farming.
Less manipulative than goats, this draft horse, this size of a dinosaur, could not have been gentler in dealing with Patti.
Patti’s Multiple Sclerosis symptoms of lack of eye-hand coordination and inability to keep her hand stable enough to hold a spoon of stew necessitates me feeding her. Patti had no qualms about that, she wanted lamb stew! And if I may say so it was the best I ever tasted.
Patti: I can’t really tell, I think it is an armadillo.
Patrick: An armadillo? Your head is a strange place.
Patti: (dissolving into laughter) Yes it is! And it sure needs a nap.
Caregivingly Yours, Patrick Leer
Thanks for sharing the outing. Reminds me of when BR milked a goat at the State Fair of Texas. He wore that ribbon all day.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of our Illinois State Fair, always a great time, talk about luck with the weather, glad Patti had a great time, never had potato donuts.
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