Seven days have come and gone, and only 3 days left! I began my adventure this evening by making my way through the buildings, gathering all of the free stuff I could find. Of course, I do that on every trip to the fair. It was kind of a slow day in the buildings, so I got through pretty quickly. Some of the takings were getting to be slim pickings, so either they are running out, or saving them up for the busy weekend. There is a booth in the Pride Of Kansas building that hands out little containers of toothpicks. I asked the gentleman running the booth how many they hand out every year, because they always have stacks and stacks of them to hand out. He said about 60,000, give or take a few. Wow! I also stopped to sample the dips with the pretzel sticks. The different flavors include Cajun, green onion, horseradish, spicy, spinach, and many others. They also have sweet flavors, such as key lime, that you can sample with an animal cracker. It really takes the edge off if you are hungry. The most interesting thing I sampled was flavored ketchup. They had spicy, smoky, Thai ginger, and a coffee-based one. I went for the coffee-based one, and it was very interesting. It was good as well. He was only offering one sample, which was a bummer, because I wanted to try the Thai ginger as well. In the Sunflower North building, you can sample a variety of hot and iced coffees. Tonight they had Turtle, Black Forest, Cinnamon, and about 6 others. Very good. They were also offering samples of some amazing beer breads. You combine the bread mix with beer and then bake it. The beer bakes out so that it's non-alcoholic when it's done. At least it had better be, because they were letting kids try the bread samples, too!
After the samples, I knew I had to do some walking around to burn off the stuff I ate. I walked over to the 4-H building to look at the exhibits, as I had not been there yet. I was in 4-H as a kid, so I enjoy looking at what the kids have done over the years. Afterwards, I continued down the road toward the Midway, and saw my friend Ron, who was handing out little booklets containing the Gospel of John. He and I briefly caught up on each others lives, and I thanked him for doing what he was doing. Who knows how many souls have been reached because he took the time to hand out these booklets and visit with people. I walked the Midway and saw a lot of my school and B&G club kiddos. No one came to me to "spot" me and claim a prize, though. Keep in mind that I am there every day, and I walk all over the fairgrounds.
I wanted to check out the Hedrick's Petting Zoo, as they always have such unique animals there. I enjoyed petting the camels and goats. Did you know that goats love to have their shoulders rubbed? I did that to several of them, and they just stood there, enjoying it. I also wanted to check out the animal birthing center. There are several cows ready to give birth, some cows with newly born calves, and some new little piggies. They were so cute! We were not allowed to touch or pet them. Bummer. In the next building, they had longhorn cattle, and other beasts that looked like they wanted to break through the fence and destroy my total existence. I got a few photos that I have posted on my Facebook.
In celebration of my blue ribbon, I'm running a special on my chocolate chip cookies. 1 dozen for $5. I will bake these cookies using the same recipe that won the blue ribbon. I already have 14 dozen ordered. Do you need some award-winning chocolate chip cookies? Let me know, and I'll add your order to my list. All proceeds go to support my Tijuana trips.
There is no school tomorrow. However, I will not be galavanting around the fair all day. I'll be spending the day working at B & G club, so I'll be hitting the fair afterwards. My full days at the fair will be Saturday and Sunday. Thanks for being loyal readers, and I pray God blessings on you. Have a wonderful evening!
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