Lake weekend: day 2 - the fair
Trina and her relatives talked about the Miami Country Fair so gingerly I had great trepidation. I was ready to see pigs and shit and all their attendant aroma. We laid around then set out for the fair about noonish after they raised the flag. There weren't many people there and the weather even cooled off a bit. It cost $5 to get in and I wondered how long $5 worth of fair was before I could leave, just to be safe. I guessed about an hour.
Shit but no pigs
Entrance to Miami County Fairgrounds
To make a long story short, I was pleasantly surprised. It was all relatively sweet-smelling. I saw pigs but not shit. It was the same for the steers, bulls, sheep, lambs, and chickens. We went into different structures housing arts and crafts, 4-H club exhibits, quality agricultural products, and of course prize animals.
Arts and crafts facade
Award winning pumpkin
Award winning sunflower
Up close and personal
This poor pig was under a poster diagramming his porky parts. He must have been traumatized.
Most of the animals were napping, like Wilburette here
Unfortunately we were too early to see livestock auctions, herding, and other country stuff. There were no pie-eating contests. There were lots of food vendors and a few carnival rides and games. I had a Texas tenderloin which turned out to be a very pounded out piece of pork, breaded and slapped between some bread. Very interesting. While there we saw a booth that had amazing framed paintings that turned out to be completely embroidered. The colors and artistry were outstanding. The work is done by people in Indonesia and Vietnam and sold through World Threads.
trinalin and I discussed things and decided to buy a painting for
elsaf for her birthday. Unfortunately nobody remembered to take a picture of it. After picking up a card and wrapping paper at Walmart, we headed back to the cabin and crashed. We turned in early because the next day we had to set out at 8AM for the fucking zoo.
Shit but no pigs
Entrance to Miami County Fairgrounds
To make a long story short, I was pleasantly surprised. It was all relatively sweet-smelling. I saw pigs but not shit. It was the same for the steers, bulls, sheep, lambs, and chickens. We went into different structures housing arts and crafts, 4-H club exhibits, quality agricultural products, and of course prize animals.
Arts and crafts facade
Award winning pumpkin
Award winning sunflower
Up close and personal
This poor pig was under a poster diagramming his porky parts. He must have been traumatized.
Most of the animals were napping, like Wilburette here
Unfortunately we were too early to see livestock auctions, herding, and other country stuff. There were no pie-eating contests. There were lots of food vendors and a few carnival rides and games. I had a Texas tenderloin which turned out to be a very pounded out piece of pork, breaded and slapped between some bread. Very interesting. While there we saw a booth that had amazing framed paintings that turned out to be completely embroidered. The colors and artistry were outstanding. The work is done by people in Indonesia and Vietnam and sold through World Threads.
trinalin and I discussed things and decided to buy a painting for
elsaf for her birthday. Unfortunately nobody remembered to take a picture of it. After picking up a card and wrapping paper at Walmart, we headed back to the cabin and crashed. We turned in early because the next day we had to set out at 8AM for the fucking zoo.