Friday July 17th, 2009. Ortonville, MN. 40 miles. Grass. Cool. Very windy.
Relatively short jump. Chilly this morning, MN is setting record low temps for July, some places reporting near freezing temperature at dawn. Not quite that bad here. Strong winds coming off the lake in Ortonville. Good sponsor with a respectable presale and a good crowd for setup.
Ten miles down the road is Milbank, South Dakota, orginal hometown of California circus fan and former Carson & Barnes Advance Clown Dale Leddy. Several years ago when Dale was on Carson & Barnes the show played Milbank and it was a lot of fun to watch the "homecoming." Milbank is a good town for circus and today we hope that Ortonville will be a good town too.
Relatively short jump. Chilly this morning, MN is setting record low temps for July, some places reporting near freezing temperature at dawn. Not quite that bad here. Strong winds coming off the lake in Ortonville. Good sponsor with a respectable presale and a good crowd for setup.
Ten miles down the road is Milbank, South Dakota, orginal hometown of California circus fan and former Carson & Barnes Advance Clown Dale Leddy. Several years ago when Dale was on Carson & Barnes the show played Milbank and it was a lot of fun to watch the "homecoming." Milbank is a good town for circus and today we hope that Ortonville will be a good town too.
