Nancy and I went to the State Fair yesterday. We got off late and it took longer than we expected but we got there about noon. We started at the livestock exhibits. I intended to look for examples of computers being used at the Fair, but also wanted to see what the farmers and ranchers were exhibiting. We saw the cattle and boer goats. I asked where the milk goats were because I raised them as a teenager. They said that they were here last week. Later we found the Angora goats being exhibited and I was surprised at the ranch from Boyd showing their multicolored Angoras. I asked how many colors they had. All of the colors of the rainbow was the answer. I told the young lady to read THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED especially the last chapters on how the Angoras saved the ranch.
It was a day of eating. By 2 p.m. we were starving. First we ate Southern Fried Chicken. Each of us had a large portion, Nancy the thigh and me the breast. It came with french fries, pickles and jalapenos. Then we had to have Nancy's favorite, funnel cake. Then I found me a chocolate ice cream cone (like frozen yogurt) and went in search of the number one pick of fried foods at the Fair. Hans Fried Kraut balls. They were good. I ate all of them but Nancy tried one. I am not big on fried food. I sure didn't want fried bubble-gum. They also had fried cheesecake, pb&j, #2 autumn pie, pineapple upside down cake (one couple said that was to die for), walking taco, buffalo chicken in a flapjack (rated 6th but the choice for the best tasting, why that isn't the best baffles me), 7th was El Bananarito and 8th was Deep Fried Texas Salsa.
We then went to the creative arts and looked at all the quilts as well as jillions of creative art work, listened to the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle concert at 4, went thru part of the automotive displays, visited the Texas Hall of State, watched the parade at 7:15 and left during the light show and fireworks about 8:30 and got home at 10:30 and to bed by 11. The weather was perfect for the day. It was Senior's day and we got in free and rode the tram free. There were jillions of old people with a lot of powered scooters, wheel chairs and walkers. The Marine Corps concert was full of veterans, many older than me. It was a perfect day for the Fair, and we both were satisfied with our ability to walk that much and enjoy everything.
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