The Holmes County Fair
This post is dedicated to Emily, who found a silver lining in Marco's broken leg, which meant (I assume) that she didn't have to go to the San Diego Fair (which couldn't possibly be nearly as fair-ish as those in rural Ohio anyhow, being an urban phenomenon).
Yesterday we took Karen to the Holmes County Fair (one county south, home of Amish country) because we are not going to be bringing her home in September for the real thing, the Wayne County Fair of her nostalgic memories. Take the WCF and shrink it to a quarter the the size and you have a cute little fair that anyone can master in two hours, the perfect length of time to stay at any fair. We got the requisite fair lunch, featuring gyros and lots of napkins right after we arrived. Then it was off to see the rescue dogs competing for distance and time to rescue an orange bone from a deep tank. This is not featured at the WCF, I might add. Then we made the circuit of the various barns. Let's just say that the competition for cross-stitch is not particularly fierce in HC. Mine would have won easily, whereas I am not at all certain of a ribbon for the four I have entered in the WCF for my last (and first-seized) opportunity to compete there. This entry is another reason we are not taking Karen this year--she has longed to enter her knitted blankets (by her own admission they are shaped like the floor plan of the O'Hare airport, and hence would not be good candidates for competition....she will not know that I have entered my cross-stitch.
The animal barns were also miniature sized. The one we enjoyed the best was the llama barn, another Homes County special. According to the paper today, HC is the only Ohio county fair with llama competitions. We watched the juniors show their llamas in an obstacle course contest. It was quickly evident that llamas don't like to go backwards as they were being asked to do down a narrow path.
Next to the midway where we canvased the rides and the very few :):) "throw your money away" games. I should realize after all these years of fair going that the whole fair is throwing your money away so what does it matter that Karen loves to play these games of "skill" for in order to get a cheap prize. As we approached the merry g0 round, not the most daring of rides, Karen seemed distant and woozy. She admitted to being light headed, so off we went in the nick of time to a nearby tent where a Baptist church was offering free popsicles and the senior center, two wicker chairs. Perfect!! The rides people even gave me back our five dollars for unused tickets, which Karen promptly spent on the games.
Having had experienced all the necessary ingredients of a Fair, we got in the car, went to McD's in Millersburg for an ice cream and headed home.
In case you're interested in seeing another llama competition, this one complete with costumes (yes, you read that right), just check out the HCF supplement in today's Wooster Daily Record.
After church and the annual S.S. picnic tomorrow, Karen returns to G.R. and two more weeks of volunteering before she begins another year of work at Calvin Food Service. About the time she begins, my cross-stitch will be judged at the WCF. So stay tuned for further developments.
Yesterday we took Karen to the Holmes County Fair (one county south, home of Amish country) because we are not going to be bringing her home in September for the real thing, the Wayne County Fair of her nostalgic memories. Take the WCF and shrink it to a quarter the the size and you have a cute little fair that anyone can master in two hours, the perfect length of time to stay at any fair. We got the requisite fair lunch, featuring gyros and lots of napkins right after we arrived. Then it was off to see the rescue dogs competing for distance and time to rescue an orange bone from a deep tank. This is not featured at the WCF, I might add. Then we made the circuit of the various barns. Let's just say that the competition for cross-stitch is not particularly fierce in HC. Mine would have won easily, whereas I am not at all certain of a ribbon for the four I have entered in the WCF for my last (and first-seized) opportunity to compete there. This entry is another reason we are not taking Karen this year--she has longed to enter her knitted blankets (by her own admission they are shaped like the floor plan of the O'Hare airport, and hence would not be good candidates for competition....she will not know that I have entered my cross-stitch.
The animal barns were also miniature sized. The one we enjoyed the best was the llama barn, another Homes County special. According to the paper today, HC is the only Ohio county fair with llama competitions. We watched the juniors show their llamas in an obstacle course contest. It was quickly evident that llamas don't like to go backwards as they were being asked to do down a narrow path.
Next to the midway where we canvased the rides and the very few :):) "throw your money away" games. I should realize after all these years of fair going that the whole fair is throwing your money away so what does it matter that Karen loves to play these games of "skill" for in order to get a cheap prize. As we approached the merry g0 round, not the most daring of rides, Karen seemed distant and woozy. She admitted to being light headed, so off we went in the nick of time to a nearby tent where a Baptist church was offering free popsicles and the senior center, two wicker chairs. Perfect!! The rides people even gave me back our five dollars for unused tickets, which Karen promptly spent on the games.
Having had experienced all the necessary ingredients of a Fair, we got in the car, went to McD's in Millersburg for an ice cream and headed home.
In case you're interested in seeing another llama competition, this one complete with costumes (yes, you read that right), just check out the HCF supplement in today's Wooster Daily Record.
After church and the annual S.S. picnic tomorrow, Karen returns to G.R. and two more weeks of volunteering before she begins another year of work at Calvin Food Service. About the time she begins, my cross-stitch will be judged at the WCF. So stay tuned for further developments.
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