As I stated a few days ago, we went to Midland for the hamfest on Saturday and intended to spend the night, however we spent Friday night and it really turned cold and windy. We did not have any hookups so had to rely on the generator and the furnace to keep warm. We wanted to find a campground in the area but all were full, so after the show was over we returned to Odessa to the fair grounds where we had electric. The temperature got below freezing on Friday night and our neighbor from ElPaso stated that when he let the dogs out about 4:30 am it was blowing sleet down the street.

We had a good day, at least it was warm inside the building and the crowd was pretty good. Obviously too cold to do much outside, so why not do something inside. We packed up and headed back the 15 or so miles to the fair grounds where we found the lot pretty full. There was a gun show going on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a horse show with many horse trailers and there was a hockey game going on at the Coliseum. There is power at all of the parking lot lights, so we found one, hooked up and so we are still here on Sunday and will spend the night. It got quite cold last night, about 35 degrees this morning, but we stayed warm with electricity keeping our electric blankets in operation.

The sun is shining but it is still windy and cold. It is supposed to warm up tomorrow into the 60's and then warmer the rest of the week.

As I write this at 4:45 pm, a big semi came in pulling a stock trailer with the sign on it "Pro Rodeo's Rockin riding show". The lower deck was loaded with bulls with short stubby horns, apparently they were for the bull riding contest, but where? Possibly they are here just to lay over for a few days before the next competition.

Lots of things going on here, a carnival is set up out on the corner, but it does not appear to be in operation, beside it is too cold and windy to enjoy the rides.