Belgian Days

More photos from Belgian Days in Brussels, WI.  Every small town in rural America features tractors!

All shapes and sizes - Big and small, red and green, old and new...

Click on a tractor for a better look

Belgian Days

This weekend featured Belgian Days.  An annual celebration of Wisconsin's Belgian-American heritage.  This part of Wisconsin hosts the largest collection of Walloon Belgians outside of Belgium.   

Some pictures from this morning's parade...

Color Guard...

First Responders...

Antique Automobiles...

Miss Door County (been seeing a lot of her lately)...

And a Really Big Flag... 

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You can learn more about the Belgian settlement in Wisconsin here.

Carnivale

Round-trip direct from Chicago to De Gaulle -  $440 apiece.

Hotel booked.

Can't wait...

Tractor Parade

Trip to the dump yesterday included a special treat.

It's not every day that a visit to the Brussels' Waste Disposal Facility yields a surprise.

On my way home I was stopped for a spell by a vintage tractor parade.  In retrospect I regret not having the presence of mind to video tape the parade.

click on the old Massey to enlarge

Seriously, at least a couple-three dozen old tractors chugging east on County Highway DK.  Going where I do not know.  Couldn't find anything in the paper or on the web yielding a clue as to what was behind this.

It remains a mystery...

Belgian Days

You cannot get enough of small town America.

More photos from the Belgian Days parade in Brussels, WI

A ghoul...

A handsome pair of horses...

And a redneck mudder truck...

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