3-02-2012- down by the old mill

        i have a lot of pictures on a perfect day in carroll, co. , ohio.-here is their official website, where a lot more infiormation can be found.Algonquin Mill Fall Festival

        this is a great festival to go to in carroll county at petersburg landing . cars filled up fields all around , acres of people to see a wonderful heritage festival with plenty to see, this is something close by that is quite an experience to see and smell. usually held in the crisp cool of fall as it was that day . the trees majestically showed their colors and the smell of wood smoke mixed with the pungent smell of coal drifted lazily above our heads , then would invade our bodies along with other scents of food cooking and bread baking. 

      laughter and the noise of tooting whistles would dance in your ears adding to the festival atmosphere. steam tractors lumbering away at a sawmill , shingles being cut , caramel corn in a copper kettle aromas , all lead you to believe that you are back in that time. its a shame prices are not the same as yesteryear. i would gladly give them a quarter for sausage gravy and biscuits breakfast, and actually get up and be down there at a decent hour. well whatever the cost, would pay for it anyhow as well as a lot of other people as i know i wouldn't be alone. be prepared to stand in line for most food there. unfortunately wouldn't say this festival is very handicapped friendly . but then again didn't really check . did see they had down front parking for the handicapped. 

      really good collection of old farm equipment , wood stoves , tools  and horse drawn equipment . they also have working steam engine tractors doing various duties with long belts attached to a saw mill , and a cut off saw. imagine a lot of this equipment would be in the era of the 1920"s , safety upgrades are necessary to still operate equipment safely for the public. if you have never seen anyone ever saw a log . you really need to come see this . there was a lot for me to see and do and was exhausted after a couple of hours of walking and looking to see it all. so i stopped at bakery for fresh loaf of bread, and grabbed a chicken dinner for mom and one for myself and headed home. 

      i would sit and reflect the next day as to all i had seen . still trying to digest in my mind what pieces i wanted to keep and what to throw away and decided to save it all . so will quit talking and let you see.