Saturday, June 26, 2010

21st Midwest Renewable Energy Fair

Last weekend we traveled north about 1.5 hours to Custer, WI to set up our first booth at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair.

We camped there last year when Stella was only 6 weeks old! Last year we decided that the next time we go we should have a booth.
The kids had fun manning the booth with Tom while Stella enjoyed strutting around the fair. She doesn't just walk...she struts...just look at her in motion below

It was nothing fancy, but it worked and Tom had a good time talking with new and returning customers.
Remember that alcohol fuel still we visited in North Carolina just a few weeks ago, well Carl Petzold and his new Silver Cloud Still were at the Energy Fair.

The kids had fun visiting the different booths and participating in kid activities.

Kyle loves to ride this bike every year to see how hard it is to produce the electricity to power things like hair dryers, radios, and light bulbs.

This year the 4H Group set up a "Build a Wind Turbine" hands-on class. A good lesson in teamwork for Reeve and Kyle.

We camped in the Pineridge campground that connects to the Energy Fair. It was nice to have a short walk to our home base to give Stella some one on one attention in a quiet spot.

Stella and I crashed here early in the evenings listening to the live music playin' at the fair, while Tom, Kyle and Reeve danced the night away and didn't return till 11pm.

Reeve said he had tons of fun dancing, but did not like having to fend off some little girls (he says they were about 8~10ish) who were chasing him and wanted to kiss him! This happened mostly on Saturday night when the band was playing and putting on a puppet show.
This year the fair put on their first "Renewsical" it was a fun musical about renewable energy.

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