This morning we traveled the short distance to Bancroft, WI and the Vista Royalle Campground. This is a really large campground with most of it being in a pine forest except the area where the units of the HTC will be located.

There are a few already here with others coming in tomorrow and Tuesday. All should be here by Wednesday.

Yesterday we toured the Circus World Museum in Barraboo, WI. It has photographs and billings from circuses all over the world. Over the years there have been many circuses of various sizes that toured all over the world at
one time or another.

Many went out of business or joined with another or several others over the years until there was only a few, the largest being the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The Ringling brothers were five brothers of nine children that all worked in and with the circus. They each had definite jobs and all were good at what they did.

There are dozens of wagons with all of their elaborate decorations and beautiful paint. Hundreds of elaborate costumes that all were hand made for each individual performer.

The wagons vary in size and design depending on what animals they housed. Some have two compartments with doors on each end to let the animals pass from one area to another.

In the Big Top the cages were rolled in and the animals would be released into the ring and the trainer would do his thing with the animals and then they would return to their cage and it would be rolled away and another put in its place and the show would go on.

Tomorrow there will be more photos from the museum of the beautiful floats and wagons.