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Last night while we were at the dance a rain storm came through. There was lightning and the lights flickered a little but the dance went on. The rain storm was fierce but inside it was fine. By the time the dance ended the rain had almost stopped. The rain continued all through the night and into the early morning. When we woke up this morning the rain was gone.
Last month when we attended Market Days in Belton we were walking by a booth when a piece of paper flew in front of us and caught our eye. We stopped to see what was going on. It was a booth setup to adopt a turtle, these are plastic turtles that float. For the last nine years there has been a Belton Kiwanis Turtle Festival, it's a way to raise money for the local non-profit organizations in Belton. During the festival they have the ultimate turtle race where they release the adopted turtles into Nolan Creek, each turtle has a number on it and the first one to float downstream to a designated point wins. It cost $5 dollars to adopt a turtle. You don't have to be present to claim the prize. Well, today was the day. We loaded Flo into the car and headed to Belton to watch the race which starts at Yettie Polk Park. It was suppose to start at 3:00. We left the house around 2:00 and we stopped by Ace Hardware to pick up an item Larry needed for fixing the brakes on the boat trailer. While we were waiting for the race to start we walked around the park. Flo was with us. There were booths setup to sell different things, live singing, a petting zoo, pony rides and a train for kids. The event was obviously geared towards children and they were a lot of them. Well, 3:00 came and went there was no turtle race. We asked a couple of workers and they said they couldn't have the race because the water was too high. They are going to reschedule the race and let people know when it will be. They hope to have it in a couple of weeks. We enjoyed walking around and watching the kids swimming in the creek, riding around on the train and playing other games. Flo got a lot of attention from people so she had fun.
Last month when we attended Market Days in Belton we were walking by a booth when a piece of paper flew in front of us and caught our eye. We stopped to see what was going on. It was a booth setup to adopt a turtle, these are plastic turtles that float. For the last nine years there has been a Belton Kiwanis Turtle Festival, it's a way to raise money for the local non-profit organizations in Belton. During the festival they have the ultimate turtle race where they release the adopted turtles into Nolan Creek, each turtle has a number on it and the first one to float downstream to a designated point wins. It cost $5 dollars to adopt a turtle. You don't have to be present to claim the prize. Well, today was the day. We loaded Flo into the car and headed to Belton to watch the race which starts at Yettie Polk Park. It was suppose to start at 3:00. We left the house around 2:00 and we stopped by Ace Hardware to pick up an item Larry needed for fixing the brakes on the boat trailer. While we were waiting for the race to start we walked around the park. Flo was with us. There were booths setup to sell different things, live singing, a petting zoo, pony rides and a train for kids. The event was obviously geared towards children and they were a lot of them. Well, 3:00 came and went there was no turtle race. We asked a couple of workers and they said they couldn't have the race because the water was too high. They are going to reschedule the race and let people know when it will be. They hope to have it in a couple of weeks. We enjoyed walking around and watching the kids swimming in the creek, riding around on the train and playing other games. Flo got a lot of attention from people so she had fun.
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| Enjoying Nolan Creek |
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| The petting zoo |
At the library the other day we checked out the DVD's for the first season of Mad Men. Tonight we watched the first two episode and discovered we didn't really didn't like it. For the rest of the evening we read.
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