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The Sweet Scent of Spring !
You always notice it, and it always seems so welcome.
That one magical day when you open the back door and the sweet smell
of spring washes over you. In an
instant the harshness of winter is gone, if not forgotten. Maybe there has
been a brief shower just before, followed by the appearance of the April
sun, but the effect is both instantaneous and overpowering. You may
wonder what
the chemical components of this magical rush that we all anticipate might
be, and even more, where does it come from?? Is it just the absence
of snow, or
is it the rain washed soil, the buds on the lilac bush, and the fresh green
shoots of grass as they reach toward the warming sun? Well, my friends, we
can clear up all those nagging questions for you right here on the Weekly
Feature page. The answer is a resounding, "Hell No !", to
all of those theories. Here in Oakley, the sweet smell of spring is
composed of partially burned exotic
fuels, old grease, stale September gas from last year, and the vented air
from tractor tires as they are pressurized to just the right level
to match the
track. But that's not all, the magical scent is a complex blend, with a few
more airborne molecules added from the first unearthing of the stiff clay
that has been left buried and dormant all winter, and the sun-baked
smell of the
Thompson's water seal as the picnic tables and bleachers see the first light
of the season. There is still one critical, final ingredient to this rich
olfactory experience that draws us as surely as moths to the flame,
the irresistible
aroma that wafts gently toward us from the MMOGTA Country Kitchen. The Franfoods
team strategically places such fragrant favorites as chili dogs, home baked
pies and french fries in the slip-stream of air that moves toward the pavilion,
preying on our post hibernation appetites, our weaknesses, our natural instincts.
We are drawn like the proverbial lemmings to that precipice, and gladly we
leap, right into the 2008 Tractor Pulling Season.
The moral of the story, shake those last frost crystals out of your
winter fur, hang the swampers on the fence, put the Stormy Kromer hat
back in mothballs,
and join us as we begin the 2008 MMOGTA tractor pulling season with the Test
N' Tune day, Sunday April 20th, and the T-Sled Opening Day Points Pull on
Sunday, April 27th. Food will be available both days.
NOTE: The Webmaster
will be away from his post for a brief period beginning on 4-22-08,
so this feature will remain in place for an extra week or so.
Enjoy
a few miscellaneous tractor pull pics below, click individual photos
to enlarge.
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