Tree Down, Carpet Cleaned, County Fair

One morning I looked out the back door to see two men and one of them was scaling the wall.

Our neighbor had been complaining about our tree leaning over into their yard and was worried it would break their fence.

Well I guess this took care of that.

The finished look is a half chopped tree.

Our latest group of new missionaries reporting for training. The assistants are on the back row.

We got notification of carpet cleaning days in all the church buildings. Our mission home was on the carpet cleaning rotation as well. White booties were the order of the day while the carpet was wet.

Can there ever be enough sunset beach photos? Complete with the Oceanside Pier in the background?

When we arrived in our mission a year ago, we drove by the Del Mar Fairgrounds and wanted to go there one day. We were so busy.

One date night Glen determined we were going to go check it out. When we got there the place was a ghost town. No one there. Nothing going on. We wondered why.

This year we learned the fair runs from the first weekend in June until the July 4th weekend. Since we reported for duty July 1st, I guess that explains the problem.

We went early in June and had success this year.

We enjoyed watching the horse show. The part we saw were the horses with the super long tails prancing around the arena.

Any time we see a big chicken, it makes us think of the KFC Big Chicken famous landmark in Marietta, Georgia.

There are a lot of food options advertising very hugely what they are offering to the public.

We decided to get a Texas-sized turkey leg for dinner to see what all the hype was about.

Our taste test determined we liked the BBQ chicken I ordered better than the turkey leg.

There were tables of flower blooms on display.

Here's what a blue ribbon flower looks like.

Different kinds of art and garden displays were interesting to look at.

We did not go on any rides. They were expensive. Carnival rides just never look that safe to me.

We kept commenting on how uncrowded the fair was compared to the Minnesota State Fair where it was shoulder to shoulder, streets and streets full of people.

Horseshoe art winning first place.

Nighttime view of the fair.

Now we know what goes on at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.