July 4th at the Farm

The 4th of July at the Drewes Farm has more than fireworks and celebrating the birth of our Country. We have many family and friends join us for an evening of fun, food and fellowship. A highlight of the afternoon is having our collection of tractors on display and then letting the nieces and nephews and others drive the tractors around the yard for a fun time and tractor rides for the kids. Another great time is the potato gun and seeing who can fire the spud the furthest. Next year we will have targets for everyone to shoot at. Kevin and Andrew will have duelling potato guns next year. Should be a fun time. After a tasty meal with everyone bringing their best dish, we had a beautiful evening for viewing the fireworks. God Bless America.

Maynard Parade

Jo's home town of Maynard held their annual parade and city events which we participated in with our 966 International Tractor. Jo's high school classmate's parents were the grand marshalls which was a great recognition for all they have done for the community. Other tractors were driven by folks in the area. We then had lunch with Steve and Arlys in the city park.

Red Power Roundup

The annual Red Power Roundup was held in Albert Lea, MN this year and for 4 days you could enjoy seeing many red tractors, cub cadets, and parts and memorabilia galore. What fun we had attending two days and watching all the events unfold. We walked through the rows of Farmall and International Tractors, the featured Cub Cadets, and found parts we were looking for to complete our tractors in restoration. We viewed tractors during the parade with a friend from Florida driving his recently restored 4 wheel drive tractor before taking it to Florida. Some Farmall tractors were painted white to be a demonstrator for dealers in the early years. Later years they were painted gold as demonstrator tractors. The annual auction was held starting with a pedal tractor, manuals, toys, memorabilia and then restored tractors. We hope to attend the next gathering in Illinois next year.

International 966 Black Stripe

We picked up our International 966 tractor at the shop where the restoration was completed. Dan, Marva, and Andy did a super job on making this tractor look like new. In fact, that morning we drove it in a local parade to share it with the onlookers. Dan drove his restored Cub Cadet with the International cart towed behind. Then time to load the 966 and head to the farm. It is nice to see our collection grow with restored tractors that we grew up with on the farm.

New Spring Race in Kansas City

NASCAR added a new spring Sprint Cup race at the Kansas Speedway. They ran Camping World trucks on Saturday and the Sprint Cup series on Sunday. As they are building a new casino where our original camp site was, we moved to a new location in the Blue Ox Campground and had a terrific time with our friends, Darrell and Judi. The weather was extremely hot for the entire weekend. We still had a great time. Took the opportunity to see Jeff Gordon speak at the AARP Drive for Hunger booth. Had a beautiful fly over with a B52. What a sight. Prior to the Sprint Cup race we took advantage of the track pass to walk on the track at the start/finish line. You could sign your name on the track, walk along pit road, and enjoy some country music provided by Jake Owen and his band. Then back to our seats for some fun racing.

Celebrating Spring

Spring brings many events to share with family and friends. First we had a hail storm that gave us golf ball size hail. We were fortunate to not have any serious damage. Then off to celebrate graduation with Grant. Had a nice day and enjoyed seeing many family members there. Then it was birthday celebrations. Always fun, especially when Carnac makes his presence and shares his inner most thoughts with everyone. Laura made her mark on our version of Minute to Win It for school teachers. She gets an "A"!