Friday 8-30 Sculpture and Dancing

Having fun with friends

Today we didn't have far to drive, West Bend was about 30 miles away but we ended up going further so we could stop at a sculpture park. On our way we stopped at Hardware Hank to get propane for the Minnie. The gentleman that helped us was very friendly and did a super job.

Getting ready to put propane in the Minnie

Connecting the propane hose to the the Minnie

Hardware Hank

After getting propane we were back on the road. The roads here in Wisconsin are pretty rough. We were in route to the sculpture Park when we had to take a detour because the road we were on was closed. The new route wasn't that bad until we got on a Rustic Road which was very rough. The sculpture park is a 6 acre park at the artists home. The artist is Paul Bobrowitz. The sculptures were made out of different types of metal. We walked around for about a half hour looking at the sculptures. We saw Paul working on a new sculpture. Most of the sculptures were a little crude for my taste. But I still felt that the artist had a lot of talent and creativity. The sculptures were of all shapes and sizes and displayed very well. We had a very nice time walking through the sculpture park. You can see more of the sculptures at Paul's website https://www.bobrowitzsculpture.com/

Some of the more colorful sculptures

A face sculpture made with faces

One of the sheds with small sculptures on it 

A group of sculptures on the grounds

 We got to Washington County Fairgrounds at noon. We checked in and got a site for two nights. We spent the afternoon reading and studying Taminations. Between 2:30 and 4:00 people started to show up. The RV park is in a hugh field and the ladies in the office put us all on top of each other, we thought this was weird. After dinner we walked around the grounds of the facility. Washington County Fairgrounds is a great facility and very well kept up. The RV park is walking distance to the dancing. There are a couple of ponds with a bridge that goes between them, some 4H buildings, a cute slide and drinking fountain. 

Camping at Washington County Fairgrounds

One of the building on the ground to show animals

A cute bird house

The drinking fountain at the fairgrounds

The opening dance for the WIPAC Festival was at 7:00 so we went back to the Minnie and read. The festival is in four halls: A2 hall, C1 hall, Plus hall/Round Dancing and DBD hall. We were in the C1 hall for two hours, we had six and a half squares. We danced to Jerry Story, Johnny Preston and Tom Miller. The C1 hall closed at 9:00 so we went to the A2 hall where we danced to Jerry Story and Mike Hogan.

We know lots of the dancers in both halls. We had a super evening dancing with friends and good callers.