Monday 5-4-26 Beautiful Monday in Kansas, Belleville Fair Grounds & More

 

Camping at City of Belleville Rocky Pond Recreation Area

It was a gorgeous day. The morning temperature in Belleville KS was 50 degrees and the high was 85 degrees.

We woke up to blue skies. I made mini waffles for breakfast. We decided to stay another night at City of Belleville Rocky Pond Recreation Area. 

Before it got too warm we went on a 3.25 mile walk to the NCK(North Central Kansas) Free Fair, which was a half mile away. As we walked to the fairgrounds and park we saw a beautiful horse (we saw the owner riding it yesterday) and her friend a goat. The horse was very friendly but I didn't pet it because I wasn't sure if it would bite. There was a cute mailbox with a tin man on it. 

The tinman sitting by the mailbox

Neighbor's horse and goat

 

The NCK Free Fair facility was very well maintained. The fairgrounds had the High Banks Midget/Sprint Car Race Track, Horse Barn, Cattle Barn, Kiddie Barn and vendors buildings. Next to the NCK Free Fair is a city park, which has a playground, splash park, swimming pool (two levels one with a big slide and swimming area and a kiddie area), basketball hoops, Horseshoe pits, baseball field, softball field, grandstand and a walkway, that goes through the park.

NCK Free Fair

Welcome sign to NCK Free Fair sign

Horse Barn

Cattle Barn

Kiddie Barn

High Banks Race Track 1/2 mile

Entrance to the track and ticket booth

City Park

Playground

Slide area of the pool

Kiddie area of the pool

Splash Pad

Basketball hoops

Horseshoe pits

Bandstand

After walking around the area we walked back to the RV park and walked around City of Belleville Rocky Pond Recreation Area. We had a super walk.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing in the Minnie. Larry finished a book he started yesterday. After I finished my games I continued reading The Curse of Pietro Houdini.

Passing the time reading a good book

I played my games. I played 16 extra Solitaire games (4 Spiders, 8 Pyramid and 4 Tri Peaks) to earn double the points for the week games with the golden ticket. I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Pyramid Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 27 minutes and 13 seconds to complete, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After dinner I went for a 3 mile walk around Rocky Pond Recreation Area. I did the park twice. As I walked I saw a red-wing blackbird, a Great blue heron and Canadian geese. We also saw theses birds this morning. I had a great walk.

By the end of the day I had done 16,500 steps. Good day for steps.