Rob's State Fair Ramblings, Days 9 and 10. That's a wrap!

 I apologize that there was no post last night, it was a day. I was tired. I took mom to the fair yesterday for our day out. We went through the buildings and caught a Ron Diamond hypnotist show, which did not disappoint. Her food of choice was an apple dumpling ala mode from the Pride of Kansas building. She visited her woodcarving friends and had a good time catching up with them. We watched a bit of the motorcycle stunt act, and went to the birthing center. The birthing center had a boom since the day before. The sow was giving birth to piglets (6 total), the momma sheep had 4 lambs, and while were there, one of the cows delivered a bull-calf. We were too far back to see anything, but then they brought the baby calf back to the pen where we were standing, and we got a front-row view of the calf. Mom enjoyed her time at the fair. 

Today was closing day. We went up for a bit in the afternoon after church. It was a little rainy, but doable.  We walked the Midway and then decided to take some food home to snack on. Besides, the Chiefs were playing, and we wanted to be home in time for that! We took home some toasted ravioli and fried cookie dough. I was prepared to use my body as a human shield to protect the fair food from getting rained on, but it stopped raining as we started walking toward home. 

We came back later for one final time, and I decided to opt for a Korean Corn Dog. Big mistake. It didn't even taste good. I ended up throwing most of it away, which is a rare occurrence for me. I won't make that mistake again next year. We also picked up some tater tots and fried cookie dough as a final treat. Yeah, we splurged a little. I was able to pick up my ribbons, 7 of them to be exact, and that was pretty exciting. I have them at home, and soon I'm going to work at putting all of my ribbons into frames for displaying.  

Why do I love the fair so much? It's the fun atmosphere, the food, the lights, and laughter. I love seeing people I know, some who  haven't seen in a long time. I can't remember how many times a kid would come up to me and say, "Hey, Mr Rue, do you remember me?" they grew up! Most of all, I enjoyed sharing the fair with Julie, and seeing the fair through her eyes, and vice versa. May of our interests are the same, but we also have different interests as well, and it was fun for us to see each other have fun with the fair. As fun as the fair is, and while I'm sad to see it go, I think I've had my fill of fair for the year. I will miss it, and in the coming seasons of the next year, Julie and I will take walks to the quiet and empty fairgrounds, and I'm sure we'll reminisce about the fun times we had. I hope you enjoyed the ramblings. Please leave a like or a comment if you enjoyed it. 

I often ramble at other parts of the year, and I'd like to do it more often. I'll try to blog more often. If you'd like to see ramblings from earlier fairs or posts about anything at random, you can use the menu on the right hand side of the page and click the links to take you to other posts. I do that often. Thanks for reading, excuse the typographical and grammatical errors, and God bless you!