Morning Out Didn't Amount To Much

[crossover_chick]

So the family and I went to the Washington County Fair today. Which was rather underwhelming, to be honest. It's not very big, and it seems to be mostly food stands and vendors that seem a bit more appropriate for a flea market. There were some 4-H exhibits (I liked an exhibit that was all about malformed veggies -- they had a Carrot Cthulhu, basically XD), a mini-museum for the kids showing off old farm equipment, and plenty of chickens, pigs, and cows. I saw the weirdest chicken while there -- it looked like it had a big old mop of hair. O.o We also saw a pig with her piglets, which was cute. All in all, though, it wasn't much of an experience -- there were rides, but you had to pay $22 bucks a person to get on them, and we weren't prepared to spend that. We only stayed for a hour and a half. No cotton candy for me, though considering some of the food I DID see. . . .
-VD: Not to your liking?-
Not really. Also, two separate stands sold fried Oreos. I am continually baffled by what people will eat.
-M: . . .That's an American thing, isn't it?-
Why, yes! Yes, I believe it is! :p Fried ice cream too. See, our food can be just as weird.
-J2: Most fattening meal ever -- chip butty followed by fried ice cream.-
Sounds about right to me.
Anyway, rest of the day was pretty much the usual stuff. I got a little farther along in Alice (though it tried pulling the "chugging" thing on me at first -- I eventually got it to run smoothly after playing a level in AMA to see if anything else would play), did my charloft posts, updated my tumblr. Basically enjoying my last days of freedom before I seriously have to start thinking about school again. At least this semester I'm doing better with textbooks -- one requires various cheap sci-fi novels I may be able to get here at home, another doesn't require any books at all. :)
Okay, off to watch more of Burning Dog Face's Alice Let's Play and bite my nails each time he nearly misses a collectible. XD

Comments

[bttfbabe.livejournal.com]

Fried Oreos? Um, ew! Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies, though, rock!

Your fair sounds a lot like our Tunbridge World's Fair. Basically, it is an old-fashioned fair that is obnoxiously priced and doesn't change from year to year. Oh, and it manages to rain at least one of the days, turning the fairgrounds into a giant mud pit.

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

I've never had either, so I can't comment on their tastes. :p

Yeah, sounds about right. At least our fairgoers will be spared the rain. (Oh, and get this -- apparently the day we went was a Children's Day and thus the price for rides was REDUCED. It's normally $30. >.<)

[bttfbabe.livejournal.com]

The cookies aren't a fairground staple, but they should be. :)

Ugh, Tunbridge Fair is about at the $20 mark, I think. Then, you have to pay through the nose for everything inside. There isn't that much there to justify my spending that kind of money. I mean, yes, there are rides, but most of them are fast (motion sickness) or involve heights (extreme phobia). Basically, all I end up doing is walk around. I can do that for free. :)