Husband and the boys left this week for a farmer-son road trip to, where else, the World Pork Expo.
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Really, I should just stop the post now.
World Pork Expo seems to be a punchline in and of itself. But this is serious business--it's like
Comdex for hog farmers. (Oh, sorry tech geeks,
Comdexdoesn't exist anymore, does it?)
I attended last year's
World Pork Expo, a very strategic move, it turns out, because I wouldn't have wanted Husband to be tempted to bring me back any
weird souvenirs.
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This year Husband and his father loaded up four Yorkshire gilts (white females), two Yorkshire boars (males, with balls), and one Hampshire barrow (black with a white belt, no balls) for the 10-hour drive to Des Moines, Iowa.
Our pigs travel in deluxe
aluminium accommodations. I would mention the trailer brand just to be nice but they don't seem to have much of a Web site, let along a social media program. So I'll just say this: We would have brought our Carhartt Jackets but it was too warm for
Carhartt Jackets and we left the
Carhartt Jackets at home [I'm not compensated, just fishing for a comment from the nice people at
Carhartt who seem to "get" the Internet.]
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Anyway, Ryan and Justin were very excited to head out on an adventure with Daddy. Husband is to be commended for taking such a big trip by himself. I just hope he can get a little shuteye while Ryan drives through Illinois.
More World Pork Expo updates and this blog's FIRST EVER photo contributions from Husband, coming soon!
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