Oklahoma, where the winds come sweeping down the plain.

We have arrived in Watonga, OK, a town the to the eye looks like it probably did in the 1950s. A very cute little old town with people actually named Andy and Barney. Where people sit around the antique store shooting the breeze. A town where not a single building looks like it was built after 1970. It's magnificent. Many of the people we have met fit the town to a T. We went to a market and the faces of the employees looked like they jumped off the pages of the Saturday Evening Post.

The folks are friendly too. The Okee accent is here, we are in the heart of OK after all. The "yes sir" and "no sir" is here as well.

Our hotel has a little mini-golf on it's property. The owners, Anita (and I forget the man's name) are grandparents and understand what little kids want. So While Jim stayed back and rested his broken rib the little ones got a few holes in. Only $2.00 each, you can't beat that.

To give Mami a break it was microwave night...here is our own hungry man Miles.

We will be doing some strolling acts throughout the day tomorrow. We will have a big show at their Liberty Theater right in the center of town on Main St. Right behind the theater is the fire-department. They share an ally. This old crank start fire-truck is from the 1920s and it was the first motorized vehicle in Watonga. There is even a picture of it parked in front of the theater we will perform at in the 20s.

The seats are all original and really classy. Yes they have be reupholstered and repainted but they are still the originals....look at the castings.

The stage is not humongous but it is very nice. The painting of the theater is very 1920s...gaudy. Isn't it great?



Magic Jon is the local magician and he paid me a great honor by coming out to say howdy as we loaded in. He is a very nice man. I also got to meet his wife, a country singer, very lovely. We had some great chit chat and laughs as the kids loaded in the show.

We start tomorrow.

I am writing this from the RV. Tonight I get it all to myself. Everyone else has hotel rooms. Yes! OK, I am not completley alone. Bobbi and Belle are keeping me company. They had better be quiet.

The drive from Amarillo was about 4 hours and went fairly uneventful Though the start had a threat of danger. We always grease the bearings of the trailer every couple of thousand miles. This morning one of the grease fitting broke of at the thread whent hey took the gun off. Had they not noticed the grease could've run out and burned out the bearings. Those of you who remember the blog back earlier this year remember us nearly loosing a tire on the little trailer when it's bearings burned out. had to replace the axle. Well, a tire store man told us about a fix it joint around the corner. When we got there all the mechanics were out to lunch so he lent me the easy-out tool and I paid 36 cents for a new fitting and we changed it ourselves. We lost only 20 minutes (most of that was finding the place) and 36 cents. Could have been worse.

Just a note we are now members of the Kentucky Fair Assoc., The Georgia Fair Assoc., The Texas Assoc of Fairs and Expos, The New York Fair Assoc., and the Outside Business Assoc. With membership in Assoc for PA, FL, OH, MN, WI, Western Fairs, IAFE, AZ and NC in the works. See you at the conventions.