After church this morning, I headed for Day 3 at the Kansas State Fair! The first thing I did was grab a Tacone from a stand called "Rotten Rodney's." Tacones are anything but rotten. It's a flour tortilla shell fried into a cone shape, and filled with all the good stuff that comes in a taco. They are $6.00. I give it an A for taste, service, and price. For $6.00, they really loaded it. Maybe they know by now that I blog, and wanted a really good shout out. You got it!!
I really wanted to see the pig races today, and similar to Ron Diamond and the high-dive show, you need to get there 30 minutes early to get a good seat. 45 minutes for a shady spot on the bleachers. However, I wanted to get some gater taters to snack on while I waited. I found them just east of the Old Mill in a big red trailer. They also sell fried alligator on a stick. Gater taters are deep-fried potatoes that are sliced up into a flower-like blossom. They were $7.00 I gave it an A for taste. They were good, but I couldn't eat all of them because you can only handle so much grease. I give it a B for cost. $7.00 for a potato? I give it a C for service. They were pretty nice, but it took 15 minutes for me to get it! I think they had to grow the potato right there! Needless to say, it put me behind getting to the pig races, and I had to sit in the sun. I'm glad it wasn't too hot today. The pig races were a blast! The emcee was hilarious, as was her assistant in the pig pen. The pig races are sponsored by Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm in Nickerson. The pigs had funny names like Lindsey Loham and Oprah Swinefrey. I got some good video. Check my facebook page. It's a must-see!!
I stopped and chatted with my friend Tammi and her little boy, and she shared with me that the Barney Fife impersonator from last year died not too long ago. I remember that he was as one of the food booths last year, and I thought he was a security officer. I remember thinking, "He looks like Barney Fife." Turns out, he was a Barney Fife impersonator. He was kind of goofy, and ready to pose for a photo op, as you can see in one of last year's pictures I posted. I'm not sure what his real name is, but I know him as Barney Fife. RIP, Barney.
I'll bet you're all waiting with bated breath to hear how my cookies fared in the judging. The results are in. I went in to check them out, and guess what!!!!! Yep. Nothing. In fact, you can't even tell which cookie is mine, because there is another plate covering the slip with my name on it. I know which one it is. I thought I had some pretty good cookies, too. I'm not sure what I need to do to get a ribbon. It's pretty discouraging to lose 6 years in a row. When I pick up my paperwork next Sunday, they'll have comments about my cookies. We'll just see what they have to say....
During the day, I took a break in the park next to the Channel 12 building, and watched Merrill Teller and Cindy Klose sign autographs. I was also staking out a man named Bandaloni, the one-man band! I knew he had a gig at 4:30, and I wanted to see it and get some video. This guy was great! He sure knows how to work an audience! At one point during the song I recorded, he came right up and put his face into my camera while he was singing. Bandaloni has performed on NBC's morning show with Al Roker, and has also appeared on America's Got Talent. If you see him performing, treat yourself to some of his act. He is very talented and very funny. Another talented man is Steve Trash. (It's a nick name, he uses trash and other recyclables in his act.) He is a street magician, and he's pretty neat. One of his tricks is causing a hard metal key to bend in someone's hand. Pretty amazing! I might add that while I was waiting, a large man in a big hurry came barreling through, and nearly knocked me to the ground. "My bad," he called, as I tried to get my balance back. Several people asked if I was OK, and seemed bothered by the fact that the guy didn't even stop.
During my building walk-through, I noticed a commotion and activity at the KU booth. Sitting there were Bob and Elizabeth Dole! Also there, were several armed security officers. I'm curious about the security. Our governor, Sam Brownback, was at the fair yesterday, and he didn't have security like the Doles. I managed to get a semi-blurry picture in, the best I could do in all of the madness. Bob Dole is a hero in our home. A number of years ago, the Bob Dole foundation sponsored a trailer/clinic on the fairgrounds offering free mammograms. My mom took advantage of this opportunity, and the scan showed lumps. They turned out to be breast cancer. Fortunately, they caught it early, mom was treated, and she's been cancer-free ever since. Had it not been for Bob Dole's mammogram booth, my mom's breast cancer may have gone undetected to the point where it would have been too late.
I'll make my trek out to the fair tomorrow, and tomorrow is Dollar Day. Admission is only $1.00 all day, but if you have a Dillons Plus Card, you get in free! All midway rides are one ticket only, and those tickets are $1.25 (based on last year's prices, not sure if they'll be the same price again this year). I have an inkling as to what I might try this time around, and it's something I've never tried before. Tammi, you know what it is, you told me about it! :-)
Thanks for reading this evening, and to one couple I talked to, thanks for reading it aloud to your hubby every evening. Yeah, you know who you are, and you made it into the blog. Now you're a celebrity! :-) See you all tomorrow for Day 4's report!!
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