I had some yard work to do this morning, so my day at the fair started a little after Noon. I parked across the street from where I used to live, on Main Street. I saw my former neighbor, Pat, out doing some yard work, so I stopped and chatted with her for a bit before I headed on my way to the fairgrounds. As I crossed the street (with the walk signal, of course,), a car pulled up and across the crosswalk, and missed me by inches. Scared me to death. After I got across, the car proceeded to turn right on red. A couple of people had seen what had happened, and asked me if I was all right. They said that they had taken down the car's tag number. I haven't heard back from anybody concerning this, but I do know that I was shaking for almost an hour upon my arrival.
I started my routine by walking through the buildings. The vendors were in a mood to give stuff away today. I gathered up a lot of goods today. Nothing extraordinary, a lot of pens, pencils, cups, etc. Someone asked me once, "What do you do with all of the stuff you get?" Well, I collect it and keep it. Don't judge me. We all have our collections and hobbies, and this is mine. Maybe someday I'll do something with it, but until then, I'm keeping it. At one point, I posted pictures of all I had collected over the years, and I got some rude and snarky comments, so I'll never post those pics again.
Since I had eaten before I come to the fair, I wasn't very hungry. I went across the lake and took in the 4-H exhibits, the KDOC building, and grabbed some free ice cream. If you're hungry, some booths in the buildings offer free samples. Of course there's the dip lady, and 2 other booths have dips available for sampling. Ken's Chili will give you a small cup of his special brand chili, one of the honey booths will give you a free taste of honey, Granny's mustard has pretzel sticks that you can dip into some different flavors of mustard. Of course, these samples will most certainly not fill you up, but they sure taste good! I was asked by my friend Amanda about cheese fries, and here's what I found. There are a few booths that offer cheese or chili/cheese fries. Bernards' in the food court offer this delicacy. Grandma K's in the big Meadowlark building sells this as well. Also selling these fries: This 'n That in Sunflower North, and Tim's Backyard burgers, across the street and north of the Channel 12 building. I have had chili-cheese fries before, but I've always liked Outlaw, which is north of the channel 12 building on the same side of the street. Has anyone had cheese/chili-cheese fries from another booth, and are they any good? Facebook's link to my blog page has a space below for comments, let me know.
I had a chance to watch the strong man perform. This guy benched-pressed a lady, rolled a thick frying pan up like a burrito, and lifted a large platform with 10 kids on it, almost 800 pounds. I saw one of my BGC kiddos on this platform, and he was thrilled that one of his leaders was able to see him in this exciting moment for him. I was not able to get pictures, as I was near the back, and all I could get were heads blocking the picture. Hopefully, I'll get another chance to see him and get some pics.
While in the Pride of Kansas building, I remembered that my former neighbor, Pat, had told me that she had entered some pretty centerpieces. I went over to check them out, and both centerpieces had beautiful blue ribbons hanging on it. I was so excited for her! I took some pics of them for her and texted them to her. She was pretty excited. Sadly. my mom had entered a cool-looking walking stick with a carved elephant on the top of it, and it did not place. I know the feeling of working hard on something, and to not have it place. There were a number of years that my cookies got nothing. I just had to regroup and try even harder the next year, until it finally paid off. You'll get 'em next year, mom!
Tomorrow is Father's Day. I'll be treating my dad to a day at the fair. I really have to watch him, because he likes free stuff as well. Except, sometimes he tries to take things off the table that are not free, Lol. He doesn't do it on purpose. He sees it laying there, and he thinks it's free. I've seen a few vendors jump out of their chairs. "Sir, that's not free, you need to pay for that!" My dad enjoys looking at the livestock, especially the horses, and he likes to ride the Skyride. I let him pick where he would like to eat. My mom also has her own day, which will be next Saturday.
Let me know what your questions are. Any food items you need me to review? A business you'd like me to promote? Your comments, likes, and shares give me an idea of how many people are reading, and it looks like quite a few of you are. I thank you. I would not be doing this if readership was sparse. I'm not sure how long we will stay out tomorrow, but when the day is over, I'll post our day's adventures right here. Thanks for reading, and God bless!
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