Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 or 10:30 pm, the day's ramblings will appear as a link on Facebook. Sorry, it's quite a bit later this evening. If that's too late for you, you can always catch it the next day. The posts for all 10 days will be linked on my homepage, as well as all of the pictures and videos taken during the day.
Today was the day I have been awaiting for a long time. The first day of the Kansas State Fair! My shift at work ends at 6pm, and I have to tell you, the clock was crawling at a very slow rate today, but I finally made it! I began by making my way through all of the buildings, looking for free stuff, such as pens, pencils, cups, etc. I made a pretty good haul today! At the end of the week, I'll post a picture of all the stuff accumulated over the course of the week. There are 6 buildings that hold the potential for getting free goodies: Meadowlark, Sunflower North & South, Pride of Kansas, Eisenhower, and Highway Patrol. Meadowlark once again had the free samples of dips, complete with pretzel sticks for dipping! One of the smaller Sunflower buildings (I can't recall which one) offers a variety of free coffee samples and beer bread samples. While they use beer to make the bread, it bakes out, so it's non-alcoholic. **Hic**LOL. Sunflower South has a booth that offers free chili samples that is gluten-free. As you enjoy your sample, walk across the aisle and visit the Project Belong booth and look over the info on Christian-based adoption and foster care. I have dealt with this organization, and I give it high marks.
I need to clarify and emphasize a few items. The cheapest soda is the P-Nut stand with $1.50 bottled drinks, but do not have Diet Pepsi. However, right across the way is a Hawaiian-themed stand that has bottled Diet Pepsi for $2.00. At the Dollar Days stand (with a big red sign), for $1.50, you can get a hot dog, burger, drink, or you can get 4 items for $5.00. The info I shared with you in the last few posts was based on last year's info, so this was the clarification. What did I eat this evening? I opted for the fried veggies, which is further down the road from the P-Nut Stand and Dollar Days stand. For $8.00 I got a basket of fried broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, zucchini, and onion. They also give you a generous-size cup of ranch. I give it an A overall. They were friendly, and my veggies were made to order. I had to wait a few minutes, but I got a hot product. Tip: If you want to order a fried product, opt to get it early in the week, while the grease is still relatively fresh. Some vendors don't change out the grease like they should! Before ordering, I checked their grease pit, and it looked good. I ordered it early enough in the evening so that I could walk it all off. However, as I was walking by a toy vendor, he blew a bubble gun at me at some of the bubbles landed on my fried veggies. :-( It didn't affect the taste, but I wasn't very happy. He grinned at me "My bad," he said. No kidding.
The most unusual thing I saw today was located at the Carousel Café, home of the Krispy Kreme Burger. They sell a Jalapeno Twinkie. Does that sound good to you? I do not plan on spending the money to find out what it is. If you give it a go, let me know what you think.
Missing from the Midway this year were 3 rides: the Avalanche, Spider, and Speed. A new ride, Storm, made it's premier this year. It involves a lot of spinning, which is not my strong suit. The Whitewater, again, did not appear this year. I'm kind of surprised that it has been removed from the line-up, as popular as it was. The Crazy Mouse stands in its place. I rode the Crazy Mouse last year, and it lives up to its name. Pretty Crazy!
Just for kicks, before the fair started, I weighed myself as an experiment to see if I gain weight this fair. Last year I gained 1/5 of a pound. Not enough to cause any problems. While I will not reveal what number the scale told me, I will reveal how much weight I gained/lost by the end of the fair. I'll also keep track of my steps on the pedometer. The day's total was 21,000, which is very good! Average is about 10,000 or 11,000.
My favorite part was seeing people and chatting. I lost track of how many people I had the chance to visit with. I also lost track of many times I heard my name shouted over the noise. "Mr. Rue!" "Mr. Rob!" I saw many of my school, B&G, and church kids out there. They were pretty excited to see me. I enjoyed seeing them as well.
Tomorrow, day 2, is mother's day. I'm taking my mom to the fair to let her do whatever her heart desires. For now, I need to get some sleep so that I'll be rested and ready to go. Thanks for reading and supporting me! Have a blessed day!
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