This summer, Caleb discovered an old pedal tractor of Grandpa Wisconsin's hanging on the wall in his garage. Caleb firmly, but politely, requested that the tractor be brought down and then proceeded to spend hours riding first around in circles and then around the block showing off his fancy old red tractor to anyone who would pay attention.
Needless to say, the West Idaho State Fair advertisements included a free kids pedal tractor pull. Caleb was sold. It didn't matter that it was HOT out. It didn't matter that he'd never done it before. He was going to go to that fair and ride that tractor... and ride it he did! In fact, he rode so well, the announcer thought he'd been practicing at home (wink wink, nudge nudge, thanks Grandpa WI).
The sled itself weighed 200 pounds. Being the youngest of those able to ride (ages 4 - 12), no weight was added in the first round. Caleb pulled a full pull (25 feet). If you pull a full pull, you get to do it again, but with more weight. Caleb got to pull in all three rounds ending on a 20 foot pull with an additional 100 pounds added to the sled.
Everyone got a brilliant green ribbon for the effort and my little boy showed his off with a brilliantly proud smile.
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