Sunday, June 21, 2009

Shasta District Fair 2009

IMG_9977 Going to the County Fair every year is one of our favorite things to do.  We went Saturday and had the best time ever!  I think we literally saw it all...not to mention ate it all!  Fair food has got to be the best and here's just a sampling of what we managed to eat...a HUGE BRICK of chili cheese fries, large corn dog, soda, hot fudge sundae, cotton candy, pulled pork sandwich, tri-tip sandwich, waffle cone, kettle korn.  Oh my gosh, I think I'm sick just typing all that! 

In addition to gorging on fair food, here's some of the other highlights to this year's fair:


  • Pig Races - a new addition to the fair this year and we got to 'bet' on which pig would win, the kid's pigs both won their races and they each got a ribbon

  • Seeing the biggest pig, smallest horse, and biggest gator--totally inhumane to the poor animals I'm sure, but the kids sure get a joy out of it. 

  • Grand Champion Pig - a friend of ours raised the Grand Champ pig of the fair and sold him for a whopping $21 a pound!  Aaron, back in his day, raised a Grand Champ of his own so it was neat to see.  

  • Hypnotist Show - Jacob sooo wanted to be hypnotized but unfortunately (fortunately?) you had to be 16 or older.  The show was such a crack-up though and now we're all fascinated by hypnotists. 

  • Milking a goat - Jacob got to milk a goat for the first time! He's a natural at it and if only we were able to have a goat in the city, we would.  Some of those goats were definite cuties.

  • Thunderstorm - Right in the middle of the hypnotist show a thunderstorm broke out! We got drenched and it was quite exciting with people running every which way.  We stuck it out though and it cleared up within 30 minutes...it took slightly longer however for us to dry out.

  • Games and rides - All a highlight at the fair for the kids and the biggest money sucker of them all. Fortunately a kind fair worker gave us some free ride passes and the kids managed to win something at just about every game.

  • Stock Car Races - We always talk about going to see them on a Saturday night but never make it...Saturday they were free with fair admission so we had to watch.  We had fun picking different cars to win. 

  • The Climbing Wall - Jacob attempted to conquer the wall and reach the $100 at the top. Didn't happen this year but he's set it on his list of goals for the next fair!


Click here for a video I put together of our fair experience

Click here for more pictures

 

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