Friday - We gave the horses a break this morning and went into town instead. Our local flock of geese was in residence as we drove out of the campground.
We drove around Grass Valley a little, got some breakfast, then stopped at the North Star Mine Powerhouse Museum on Wolf Creek, which is only about a mile from the campground. This was an interesting museum, it is about a mile away from the mine, and it is where the power for the mine was provided.
There was some equipment outside, and then more inside. The cool thing was that some of the equipment still worked, so Joe was able to get demonstrations of some of it. He was quite interested, this was different than any mine we had ever visited.
Of course, most of this stuff is Greek to me, but there were a couple of depictions of the drilling process that I could actually understand.
On display was a 30 foot Pelton wheel which was the source of power. That was interesting. They also had an extensive exhibit of small Pelton wheels that had been donated by the family of a local collector.
We walked across the bridge and spotted a gray squirrel in the tree branches -- more wildlife!
We headed back to the RV and hung out until about 5:15, when we wandered over to the fairgrounds and had corndogs. They had music performed throughout the day today, and the rest of the weekend. We caught the end of a Johnny Cash tribute -- the singer was really good.
Then we went to our seats and got ready to watch the horses again. We went in sweatshirts but took our coats and a blanket again, and used everything. I actually loaned our blanket to the guy beside me who was suffering in the cold. The show was excellent, here's a few more pictures.
Tomorrow there are morning competitions as well as evening, so we will probably spend most of the day around the fairgrounds and the horses. Now that we've seen the horses in the arena, we want to walk back through them and check them out up close. I still think my rose clydesdales are the prettiest horses I've ever seen, but there are a lot of really beautiful horses here. We learn something new about them every day so it's been a good experience for us. We are hoping for a little warmer day tomorrow -- it's really been chilly here. We had a few sprinkles today but they didn't last long, then the sun came back out. But I don't think it got above the 60s.
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