Diversity: The fair draws all types of people. The scantily clad, highly made-up high school crowd. The baggy jean, gun toting, looking for a fight crowd. The 4H-ers. A surprising turn out from the disabled crowd. Young families. Old couples. The carnies.
Economy: Taking your family of five to the fair for under $20 requires planning, discipline and self restraint, especially if you're Spouse and you're dying for a $8 roasted turkey leg or if you're 5 or 3 years old and want to ride every rickety overpriced ride. But with planning it is entirely possible to have a great time without losing your shirt.
Microbiology: GERMS! DIRT! GRIME! Salmonila, ecoli, ringworm, leprosy, mad cow disease, lice, and polio are a few of the most common diseases at a fair.
Here are the highlights:
One hot chick to another
Can you believe a bull this size wasn't behind enclosed? There was a little handwritten sign that said, "Stand back. Bull may kick." Ok, thanks. This bull was bigger than a big horse. Scary!
Life with an architect. How could I not expect to find a picture of the roof on my camera?
These goats were so clean and cute. The children were thrilled to pet them. And then wash their hands, again.
Moo. #1 was a bit let down when she discovered this cow only milked water.
#3 used this stick pony as a broom. I'm not sure why but every time I see one of those stick horses, I think of The Godfather. Gross.
There was this hot guy following me around all afternoon. Here he is checking me out. 
Tractors + sand = heaven for #2 
This wooden play farm puts our Little People's farm to shame.
Yeehaw! Ride em cowboy!
Our one indulgence of the day.
Heading home before the shootings start. Straight to the tub.
7 comments:
haha- we've been debating about going to the fair all week...are you a bad parent if you bring your 3 week old? I guess we'll stick to the zoo! Sadly, they don't sell yummy corn dogs there :)
Leprosy??? Wow. Thanks for the tip. Better watch out for that one next time :).
Looks like a lot of fun. Short sleeves, outdoor fun. We on the other hand got buried with snow over the weekend. :)
Leprosy was what I was going to comment on, too. Hahaha! We can relate, though. We went to our state fair last year. It was worth it just to people watch!
Looks like fun! At least fairs worldwide have all the same craziness involved. It's always good to have a few carni sightings to get you through the rest of the year though!
Under $20 eh? Not bad for the state fair! Sounds like you had a good time despite the scary people and germs lurking about. Especially that stalker guy following you around all night... haha :)
Your kids are so cute! We need to meet at the Train Park or Zoo sometime!
Hope you didn't take home that stalker who was following you around at the fair. You just never know which of the diseases you mentioned might be carried by a stranger.
Looks like lots of fun! I've never been to the fair before, but that looked like a super fun family thing to do next weekend!
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