Sarah Palin right here in Happy Valley??

My wife spent the day today at a festival at a local fruit farm. She makes a variety of crafts and she had a booth set up to sell stuff. Anyway, I took the kids this morning to see mom and buy cider and hang out for a while. Soon after we got home, my wife called to tell me that she thought Sarah Palin had stopped by the festival! The fruit farm is just outside of State College. I immediately checked the candidates' schedules to see if it was even possible. Sure enough, this morning she was in Johnstown, a town southeast of Pittsburgh, and tonight she was to do the ceremonial puck drop at a Flyers game in Philly. So, it was definitely possible (State College is right in the middle of the state). Sure enough, it did end up being Palin. My wife didn't go see her but she talked to several people afterward that had met her and even shaken her hand.

My wife made me proud when she said she wished she had an Obama shirt or something on. I knew she planned to vote for Obama, but go Carrie! She said she had to pretend to care when people told her how special it was to meet her. I just wanted her out of my county.

She did make it Philly, and apparently she was heartily booed as she went on the ice. I love Pennsylvania.