Tuesday, November 3, 2009

State Fair




This October is our annual state fair. It is one of the best and biggest in the nation. I went with my parents and Carl met us there during his lunch hour. It was great. We all got in free because we went on Military Day. People over 55 get in free every day so my parents were free too. The only thing we paid for was the food. And boy did we eat. We had not dogs and French fries for the kids. I ate an awesome steak sandwich and Carl had a chicken pita. We then had funnel cakes and fried oreos. Yes, you heard me right. The fair is known for frying anything you can think of. Last year they had fried coke (I know, I don't get it either.) I have seen fried cheesecake, Twinkies, ho Ho's, pickles, candy bars, and even cheesecake. Real healthy, I know. We also had a chocolate covered apple that was covered in crushed oreos and gummy worms. They are Alex's favorite. He gets them every year. The kids got to look at all the animals and the flowers. IT is a very agricultural fair. They only rode one ride each in the midway. They were having too much fun doing all the other things to be too concerned about the rides. Their favor tie thing was climbing the tree in the middle of the fair. There is the perfect climbing tree right near the big arena. It is real low and very wide. They spent about an hour climbing. They had a blast. It was a great day and the weather was perfect. We had a blast and look forward to next year.