Today, I went to the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI. This is the former winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. In addition to the museum, with lots of history of various circuses and a large building displaying restored wagons, there are circus acts in the Hippodrome. It is well worth spending four-five hours on the grounds.
Yesterday, Sami got to go visit Dorey, a yellow Labrador Retriever, near Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. They had fun retrieving Sami's toys.
Betty and I met "Muttnik" last night. He is the mascot for the Mankato Moon Dogs. His jersey # is K-9.
I have gotten behind in my blogs. I will start with last night's baseball game at Mankato, MN. My cousin Blake was the winning pitcher for the Moon Dogs last night. He is now 5-0 on the season and will be a starting pitcher in the All-Star Game to be played on July 18th in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. After the game, Betty and I posed with Blake and cousin Kacie (she is a softball pitcher). The Moon Dogs is a team consisting of college players (mostly Division I); there are 16 teams in two divisions, with most of the teams in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The players come from across the country, some whom recently played in the College World Series in Omaha.
This week I am in Ortonville, MN, located on the Big Stone River. In the pictures to the left, I am 
sitting in front of the 110-ton granite anchor that Paul Bunyan used for his boat when he fished in the area.
Last Saturday, Tracy Johnson let me sit in his Modified Stock Car while he prepared it to race that night. He painted the car to help raise money to fight cancer. I think he finished 5th in the race that night.
Yesterday, I left Nebraska City, NE, and traveled east on Highway #2 across the Missouri River. About one and a half miles east of the main channel of the river, and not far from I-29, the right lane of the highway was closed due to flood waters. It is expected that by Friday, the entire highway will be under water and closed to traffic. Just past this section of highway, the gas stations are preparing to shut down. One had already pulled its pumps from the tanks. This is all before the Corps of Engineers was going to release more water behind the dams in South Dakota.
