Illinois, National Swine Show and a REALLY BIG EVENT !!!

DO NO MISS THE BIG EVENT POSTED AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE.

Illinois...another place stricken by this severe drought.  I've seen field corn all my life, but I've never seen corn look like it does in 2012.  I didn't even recognize it as corn.  The ground is rock hard and in some areas the cracks in the ground were so large that I was afraid the dogs legs would go into them when they were walking/running across an open area.  The heat followed up from CO through Ohio.  Many of the days were well over a hundred.  The rest were in the 90's.  After a week of seeing sites in 100+ degree weather, a day in the 90's felt like you should have a jacket with you.

We visited Lincon's home and his tomb...but....no pics...they've disappeared into my hard drive so you might see them in the future on this post.  Here are a few I stole from the internet.

        

We found a tiny spot of shade at the Illinois State Fair grounds and "camped" there for a couple of days so we could visit Lincoln's home and tomb.  While we were there, there was a national swine show and we couldn't miss that!  But....the poor pigs.  They were so hot.  We felt so sorry for them and their owners/handlers.  There were not enough hoses to go around.  Pigs were dragging their hot bodies out to the hogwash (ha ha thought I'd get that word in there) so they could have someone hold a hose on them and cool them off.  DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL TO END TO SEE REALLY BIG EVENT.

 

ahhhh a cool shower

 

It was so hot the bacon was almost done.

How could you eat anything this cute.

REALLY BIG EVENT !!!!!!

Happy 7th Birthday to

Tooie

 

ICE CREAM !!!!

It's always  nice to share with your brother.

HEY..that's an old toy!

She did get some special gifts, but she had to wait til we were in a town with a pet store!