We went to the fair on Friday. The fair runs for 10 day with today being the last day. The weather last week was some of the rainiest we’ve had in a long time. We were really luck in that Friday was beautiful, full sun and 70’s. The down side was it was very crowded. We always start out in the flower barn. Very inspirational.
We have the distinct honor of the world record pumpkin. It was grown in Rhode Island and tipped the scales at 2009 pounds. The news did a feature on the grower. He said it was a 40 hour work week tending to his baby. It paid off. On a note of trivia. Larry David is filming a movie in the area and a scene was filmed in the fruit and vegetable barn with the pumpkin. We also have a local eatery that was used in the film. Our paper said that Larry liked the place so much and the custom sandwich that they made him that he went back later on his own. They named the sandwich after him.
I think I’ve mentioned in past years that this is the oldest county fair in the country. They still have judging, quilts, fruits and vegetable etc. The big thing we noticed in the 4-H building was that there were very few things made by kids anymore. A sad statement of our times.
Greg thought the above tractor was something Mark might like.
One of the reasons we like to go later in the week is the sand sculpture is further along.
Dave, one of the mounted horses was enjoying attention from the visitors.
Hmmm, maybe Greg was thinking horses instead of tractors.
The midway is not really our cup of tea, but we enjoy a walk around. The fair was a pleasant divergence from our living room project. The flooring will be installed on Thursday and on the weekend we should be able to put things back together. I hope to be able to give you an update soon.
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