Aldergrove 100th Anniversary Fair

Attended the "Show n Shine" which is a display of vintage and other vehicles on Friday night. This was a lead up to the Aldergrove 100th Anniversary Fair being held on Saturday and Sunday. There were some very interesting vintage vehicles eg Chevs, Fords, Dodges, and some makes that we have not seen before. Unfortunately it was not good weather for photography and we thought that we may have the opportunity to capture these on Saturday but it was a missed opportunity as these vehicles were not at the fair.

Saturday morning we lined up with Ian's collection of vehicles which included ex-military, an old English double decker bus and taxi and a police car with lights flashing for a parade down the main street. The Fraser Highway is quite a busy highway so they blocked off the lanes travelling west to accommodate the parade.Lots of people sitting on the side of the street waving and the firemen handing out lollies to the kids. A real country atmosphere with the locals out supporting their township.

The vehicles were then displayed at the fair and attracted a lot of interest. Some of the kids were in and out of the police car and jumping over the seats of the double decker bus much to the horror of the owners!! Several people came up and chatted to us and were very interested in the journey that we had already made and the one to come up to Alaska. One couple came up to us very excited and said that they had been told to come and check out the Australian van as there was a kangaroo in it. She was a bit disappointed when she got to the van and discovered that it was just the kangaroo over the boomerang unit sign. Gosh we had enough trouble getting the van through Customs without having a live kangaroo aboard!!

The fair catered for all age groups with many food stalls, craft stalls, rides for the kids, bands, tractor display, tractor pulls, animals, dog trials and the highlight for us was the pistol fast draw competition. Like something out of a cowboy movie! We will try and attach some photos, but we will be doing this at McDonalds so not sure how we will go.

Jim against the against the big truck, the Iltis vehicle and trailer, George in the static display and the pistol fast draw competition.

Some food stores are open 7 days a week from 7.00am until 11.00pm.