Anyone going?
Looks like a gang of us from here will be making the trip to HBG on Saturday.

Pssst, Banks: It's draft horse day Saturday.


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Can't go this year......... I go back to school on Monday & there's no way I'm going on a weekend with the extremely large crowds....

I was in Harrisburg today train watching. I drove by the Farm Show Complex & it was packed with workers getting the building ready for Sat......

Looks like I'm gonna miss out on this year's butter sculpture & the deep-fried vegetables

M.T.

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i might be interested.... what can i expect shana?

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Since I work nights, I typically like to go early the first Saturday so I can mill around the Equine barn and get an up-close glimpse of the draft horses. I absolutely love to watch the competitions too.
The crowd usually doesn't gather TOO much until after noonish.
It's wonderful to walk around and see the exhibits around 9 a.m. since
it's not crowded yet.

Other than that, it's farm animals, farm animals and new farm equipment exhibits and FOOD. (A, I know that's yer personal favorite.)
You can also shop for western wear (love the boots!) as well.
Various animal judging goes on at different times throughout the day in many arenas. I'm partial to the guernsey cattle and bunny rabbits.
Llamas have been a hit in recent years as well.

If you go, be prepared to walk. It's great exercise!

As I said, since I work nights I miss the other great stuff during the week.
The sheep-to-shawl contest is quite interesting (and competitive).
The rodeo is usually mid-week, but I think the high school rodeo is Saturday evening.

Here' s a list of the schedule:
http://www.farmshow.state.pa.us/farmsho ... 9&q=150363

Check the visitor's information tab for parking and costs.

If you do go, make sure you get one of those baked potatoes.
You'll love it, unless you're a healthy eater.


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I've been down there a couple times actually... I had one of the horses there one year competing, and he freaked out in the Colosseum of an arena they have.. (he'd never been in a place like that!) He kept rearing up and hopping around so i had to leave the arena early with a couple other horses.


..the 'ol cowboy

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thanks for posting this up, shana.

i'm planning on heading down to the show early on sunday. actually, i might go down on saturday and have a few beers down in harrisburg that night-i've never actually been to harrisburg. i usually just drive by-i never had a reason to stop!

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John if you head there early I have a few cool places you need to see.

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i like cool places. what is it pete?

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I will call you.

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Well, I wouldn't stop and have a beer in Harrisburg.
Ick.

Anyway, Pete let me in on the cool place, eh?
Or do I already know what you're up to??



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