Big Fair

Saturday, we went to the County Fair. Well, county fairs are usually a bit odd in several ways - a totally different lifestyle, lots of dust and dung, and lots of deeply fried food. We were not disappointed, and in fact, even had an extra bonus.

Since we didn't print out our tickets online (lesson learned), we stood in a looooooong line, had my purse searched, Rev got wanded - funny, the men get swept by the wand and we get out purses checked - what if I had something hidden on my person? Anyhoo, we wandered through some commercial buildings where hawkers were hawking some crazy and tacky wares, strolled through the flowers building where we saw some lovelies, went back out to get some grub - a block of curly fries. Literally, it was a block, and even sharing it we couldn't finish it all. We wandered through the midway, which is always a sight - the workers without teeth, the whole carny thing. Quite its own lifestyle, I understand - and one reason I would never go on the rides - who knows when they were last maintained properly? Eek.

In the livestock building, we saw mostly baby lambs (as in days old), sheep and cows. The lambs were soooooooo cute. I am just sad that their fate is to be someone's food.

A highlight of the day was a wedding at the Fair. Yep, you read that right - someone actually chose to be married at the Fair. Not just at any spot, but at Catfish Falls, which is exactly as it sounds. Unfortunately, we did not see the wedding itself, but happened upon the scene after the happy occasion, while photos were being shot. Oh, yes, we got piccies, too, so you can see the party adorned in their zoot suits and tattoos.