Franklin County Fair

Franklin County CWF members selling tickets!

Reese & Molly's first funnel cake of the summer!

The 4-H Truck's first wash of the summer!

WooWho! Fair season has officially started! The Franklin County Fair, in Franklin, NE, is one of the earliest fairs in Nebraska! What a great way to start our Fair Journey!

Our day started by taking the 4-H Truck for a wash! We kind of looked at it as the Truck's first haircut! :)

Our next stop, was to a local Midwest Ford Dealer. We were VERY impressed by their knowledge and service about the 2010 Ford F150. Thank you!

Finally, we headed "On the Road to Excellence" to Franklin, NE to the County Fair! We got to talk with Franklin County residents from Franklin, Naponee, Macon, and Riverton. We even met a few vacationers from Iowa who bought tickets!

We were set up outside by the entrance to the Mud Drags which was sponsored by the local Citizen Washington Focus (CWF) group. These 4-H members are raising money to attend a leadership conference in Washington D.C. next summer. The Mud drags is one of their main fundraisers, and it attracts a lot of people from the area. We enjoyed working with this entertaining group that helped sell tickets!

As we were leaving, we found it funny that the only way to the exit was to drive through the center of loud, flashing carnival rides and groups of people! We nosed along in the 4-H Truck while waving to people as they moved. Then we jammed out to the SYNC technology and made our way to Molly's farm in Minden! The last song on our playlist just happened to be Chris Ledoux's 'County Fair,' which we thought was appropriate for the occasion - our FIRST county fair! Thank you Franklin County for a great start! :)