If a person saw more than 90 tractors travelling through East Perry County, there was no need to be alarmed. The River Hills Antique Tractor Club held its 19th annual Tractor Adventure Ride on Saturday.
Event organizer Dennis Lappe said it went off without a hitch, despite rumbles of thunder late in the ride.
“We got rained on just a little bit, but it was nothing major,” Lappe said. “A lot of it went north and south and missed us.”
This year’s version started at the East Perry Fair grounds in Altenburg and ran through Frohna and Brazeau for about 35 miles before finishing back at the fair grounds. The journey had a pair of rest stops, with one being at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar and the last stop at the Heartland Social Club in Uniontown. The atmosphere can almost be described as a parade that stays mostly on county roads and away from major roads such as Highways 51 and 61.
The ride was split into three separate groups as not to interrupt traffic as much as possible.
The ride included 92 riders, which is up 10 tractors from last year’s ride from Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee, with the farthest rider from Oklahoma.
“There’s some people that drive hours hauling their tractor and we want to make it worth their while to participate,” Lappe said. “So we don’t want the ride to go like 20 miles and we don’t want it to be 50 miles and everyone is tired when they get off.”
For many like Trina Lamy of Perryville it’s a time-tested tradition that she attends each year.
