tractors are red, crops are green

and so our topic for today is tractors.  while this may be a topic that seems (and truly is) outside of my realm of expertise, i do in fact have an opinion.  you see, bowling green, ohio is home to the national tractor pull.  while i have had the privilege of attending this event only once, it was an experience that i will carry with me always.

when i moved to bowling green i fell fast and hard for all things northwest ohio.  i loved the quiet peace that comes from having one's own share of land, i wanted to marry a farmer, and i love me some tractors.  i didn't fall hard for those pretentious green john deere tractors.  no, no, no, crops are green.  tractors need not be green.  in my world, tractors are red.

part of this is influenced by the guidance of one mrs. amy sheldrick, a farmer's wife, and quite frankly, all that i truly aspire to be.  she is a ginger, taboot.  at least her husband says she is.  and quite frankly, i love me some dan sheldrick, and whatever he says is gospel to me.  and this family says tractors are red.

one weekend in august each year, bowling green becomes known as pulltown.  coincidentally, this typically falls on the same weekend as move in for students at bgsu, so the town is doubly infiltrated by outsiders/non-townies.  the tractor pull is truly an unbelievable experience.  there are contests for for 4 and 2-wheel drive, mods, semis, pro stock, etc.  each category has very specific criteria that competitors must subscribe to.  and it truly is an experience.  an unexplainable, fantastic, memorable experience.

a fav red tractor, "never satisfied" 

so while i may not have married a farmer or gotten myself some land, i do love me some national tractor pull.  but i'll cheer for my red tractors, not those stinky green ones, thank you very much.

for more information about the national tractor pull visit the NTPC website.