The Great Frederick Fair. This year was particularly good - temps in the low 70s and sky as blue and clear as can be. After 40+ years of visiting the fair, we've finally found the secret. Go early in the morning on the first Saturday. Everything is clean, all of the vegetables still look good and the masses were still at home sipping coffee and reading the paper.
First stop was the household building to check on Sharon's photo entries. No blue ribbons, but none for her friendly competitor Paul, so they tied this year.
So much to see and the day slipped by quickly. We watched a couple of the horse show competitions - Novice walk/trot and Novice walk/trot/canter were totally dominated by one particular young lady. She was the only entry in both classes, but it was fun to watch. "Walk please. You're being judged at a walk".
I ran into a junior-high school friend that I haven't seen since... junior high school. She has two daughters with dairy cow entries. Both are following the tradition of taking the week off of school and camping out in the barns. There's something about the farm kids at the fair. They just seem so competent.
Anyway, it was a great day. I love the fair!
Now do you have to do all the things you said you'd do...when you go to the fair?
ReplyDeleteNow that I've been to the fair, my entire to-do list is complete! It is truly amazing...
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of the fair, I think about how far $2 will go -- remember, "take it out of my $2", which loot was found at the fair and entrusted to Betsey for safe-keeping and accounting)
ReplyDeleteDo you think she still has our $2.00? You know, with interest it should be quite a pile of cash...
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