Rob's State Fair Ramblings, Day #2

Today was father's day, when I took my dad out to the fair. He really enjoys the skyride, the animals, and Ron Diamond, hypnotist. We took a while to sit in the arena and watch the horse-drawn chariot obstacle course. It was at this point that I was literally attacked by Bev with her walking stick. She tried to strangle me with it! Not really, but your orneriness made the blog, Bev! :-) From there, we rode the skyride. I do not particularly care for the skyride. I feel kind of vulnerable hanging there, but my dad likes it, and I will ride it with him because of that. This year, he also wanted to walk through buildings to see how much free stuff he could get. Maybe I have rubbed off on him? LOL. We were able to pick up pencils, pens, ice scrapers, and other miscellaneous goodies.

After that, we stopped in to the Domestic Arts building to see the final results of my cookies. The only thing that placed was my oatmeal-raisin cookies at third place. They had a white sticker on it which means "white ribbon." My chocolate chip cookie tanked hard. I used the same recipe as last year, and they were identical to last year's cookies as well. Not sure what happened there. Maybe there were different judges from last year. What I DO know is that my chocolate chip cookies were winners last year, and they will keep the name "Blue Ribbon chocolate chip cookies." I will add to the list "White Ribbon Oatmeal-Raisin cookies."  I'll try again next year.  

After taking in the dog show and Ron Diamond, we were ready to eat. My dad wanted to eat at Bernard's, in the Cottonwood Court building. Food shout out: Bernard's is a good place to eat, offering burgers, fries, and BBQ beef and pork burgers. My friend Desiree works there. Hi, Desiree! My dad and I have eaten there every year because their food is so good, and the people there are very friendly to us. My dad and I both got BBQ beef sandwiches and fries, and bottled water to drink. Total cost was about $21.00. We were both very satisfied with our meal.  We recommend it highly! On our way back out to the parking area, we stopped in at the Eisenhower Building to see what we could see. At the KDOT booth, they handed us some black "Click it or ticket" bags. Then we both noticed I was using a bag from last year. It was an orange "Click it or ticket" bag. The KDOT people got a kick out of that, and they asked if they could take a picture of me holding both bags. They said they might tweet it out on the KDOT site. I have a Twitter account, but I never use it. I might have to see if it's still active, and check out the KDOT site and look for myself.

By the end of the day, my dad was very tired. At age 75, a lot of walking wears him out. To be honest, I'm not sure how many more years he'll be able to do this. It was especially hard for him this year. But, he has said before that he enjoys this time at the fair. He would not go if there were no one to take him or stay with him during his time at the fair. Next Saturday, I will take my mom to the Fair. I take my parents on separate days, as their interests are so diverse concerning what they want to see and do.

Tomorrow is "Rob" day. I will head out to the fair after church, and finish looking at everything that I haven't seen yet. Then on Monday, I have plans to hang at the fair with my kids and a good friend from work. There are 8 more wonderful days of the Fair left!

God bless, thanks for reading, and I'll see you tomorrow night for day #3!