July 12, 2009

View of the day-Boat races on the Missouri River at Oacoma, SD...fast and noisy.

We woke up to rain again...just some sprinkles, but still rain and decided to finish watching the rest of the Blazing Saddles DVD that we had borrowed from Gordie. That was a classic.

We left for Oacoma just after 12pm and grabbed a quick lunch before going to meet the kin at the races. It had started out rainy in the morning, so the races were going to be accelerated so they could get them in before the forecasted storms showed up. Something was going right for them...the sun came out and they ended up with a beautiful day for the races. Not as hot as last year, but we were looking for the breezes most of the day...an umbrella wouldn't have hurt either.

We watched the first part of the races then toured around a bit, looking at the classic cars that were on display...very impressive, then found a new cooler spot to watch the finals. There is quite a wait as the boats are loaded and unloaded for each heat, but they did manage to get things completed by 5pm and the crowd had thinned enough that traffic wasn't an issue.

We went for supper then we all checked out the two antique shops in the tourist trap area...talk about STUFF! All sorts of cubby holes and corners, hallways to other buildings...one could get lost. The only one to come out with anything was Al...he procured two items...a JD 820 tractor and a JD 12A pull type combine. Yes, we are fans of the red paint, but Al claims the green lovers will buy anything and it was for resale that he made the purchase.

After a cruise around town we said our goodbyes, as the Johnstones will be heading back for Canada tomorrow and made our way back to Hamill.

More hurry up and wait...