Fair Season 2019
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
August 14, 2019 12:21pm CST
Hi My Lot,
As a friend of mine put it - I'm a big, giant "fair groupie". lol. That is - I go to as many county fairs as I possibly can.
Do you like fairs? Or for our non-U.S. friends - do you have something similar in your area? Do you enjoy going to them?
I can't help it. There is just something so magic about fair food scents in the air, looking at the animals, watching people, and fair lights. Playing bingo, listening to music....
You see the most interesting things. An old man with a long white beard looking like pirate santa, dozens of teen girls who were probably told not to leave the house dressed "like that". Teen age boys who act like they know everything. Someone walking their rooster. Lights on fair rides. The vendors selling overpriced goods, playing the same song on repeat.
Of particular note - this year I have managed to
* see a water skiing squirell
* feed a white tiger
There is another 1 or 2 I may go to... time will tell, but happily I have gone to 4 different fairs so far this year and that is doing fairly well. :-)
Have you been to any?
Photo: Pixabay
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
Oh cool! Will you go to any around you this year?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 Aug 19
@porwest BBQ fest sounds pretty great though
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
20 Aug 19
@FayeHazel Unfortunately where I live currently there aren't as many. There really aren't any around here that interest me like many of the ones we went to in Wisconsin. We usually go to a BBQ fest and the Chili Cook Off. But not much else. We try to get to the Wisconsin State Fair every year, but we do miss it sometimes. This year was one of the years we missed it.
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@DianneN (246905)
• United States
21 Aug 19
@FayeHazel They are a tad different. They have restaurants to eat in with fine dining and set in parks.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
21 Aug 19
Oh cool! I hope you get to go again soon if you want. I wonder how European fairs differ from the little county fairs here
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 19
@DianneN Oh wow, that's interesting. Different than here "food on a stick" lol
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Aug 19
Wow, a water skiing squirrel! I didn't know that squirrels could do that?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
Me either! Apparently they can, but not real well. The squirrel made it 3 laps around a small pool before jumping ogg
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
18 Aug 19
@FayeHazel Getting ready for the fair are you?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
19 Aug 19
@amadeo Ah yes, I've already been to a lot of the small county ones. Now have plans with a friend possibly to go to state fair :-)
@just4him (306381)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Aug 19
@FayeHazel I found out it started on Thursday and ends today. I couldn't go, so maybe next year.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
That's interesting, there's a Brown Co. here, too. It's South. I've been wanting to get to that one in MN since it's held in New Ulm, where I grew up. I wish you could go … but hope your summer is nice anyway
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
19 Aug 19
@just4him true, there is always next time
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Aug 19
Well, I went to the Colorado State Fair a couple times in the 80's to see a couple bands. Do Oktoberfest and Spring Fest in Germany count? Because those were a blast!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
Heh heh I think Oktoberfest and Spring Fest would count double if you're in Germany. :-)
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Aug 19
@FayeHazel - Oh, the fun I had!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
14 Aug 19
I love fairs..the oldest one I have been to is Abingdon town fair in England that is one of the oldest in UK at least.
And another one I went to was the Puck fair in Ireland.
I do love fairs.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
Oh wow, and England has such a lot more history than us here.
I wonder how the European fairs differ from the little county fairs here
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Aug 19
I have not been to a fair since I was a kid.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Aug 19
@FayeHazel I suppose I did as a kid.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 Aug 19
Ah yes, I love the fair food as well, not too good for you, but oh so fun
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