Nevertheless, our visitors seemed to have a fun time at our yokel county fair and gamely joined me in some of my indulging. Kudos to both of them for trying the Deep Fried Twinkie! To the surprise of all, it was rather delicious. Rob has now deemed last year’s disappointing DFT an anomaly and is now wrestling between DFT and Elephant Ears as his Favorite Fair Dessert of Choice. I still favor the Grizzly Ka-Bob. With that, here’s yesterday’s recap:
FUN
Duck racing – This is a new event, seemingly a replacement for the pig racing of prior years. With great pride, it is announced that the ducks are the ONLY ONES to have ever appeared on the cover of something like “Women’s Day” magazine. After a reminiscent turn of Rick Dee’s Disco Duck, four races are run with the help of audience members. The winners then compete in the finale. Most of the human competitors, whose job is to hold and then release the duck, are kids. See below for photos of my favorite duck racer. His duck came in second. He was robbed.
4-H Sheep Fitting and Showing – We saw this listed on the schedule and had to go find out what it was. While it could appear to be somewhat boring at first, it proved to be quite interesting to watch teenagers wrangle, pose, and show off their sheep without the use of leads, leashes, halters, or any other equipment. It was just the teens and their sheep in a ring with a judge. A number of the teens got gently chastised for essentially choking their sheep to keep them in line. The ultimate winner should have been a young girl we deemed The Sheep Whisperer. Instead she came in a respectable third place.
4-H Dog Rally Obedience – basically an obstacle course that teens lead their dogs through using only voice or hand commands. No leashes, toys, or treats allowed. The dogs were impressively trained, sadly unlike the distracting hairdos of most of the contestants. Keri and I also shrieked in vicarious pain as two sturdy girls chest bumped in celebration of their first and second place finishes.
Demolition Derby – SO much better than last year’s derby! And the fact that Keri was a Demo Derby Virgin made it so special. The very first hit of the very first heat was about as good as it gets. Two boat-like station-wagons rammed rear-end to rear-end at high speed. By the time they dislodged, their back tires were flush with their bumpers. It was awesome! Sadly, neither the Sponge Bob car nor the Western Boxed Meat car lasted very long. The ultimate winner was a guy who had been in the Derby for 6 years and had never won. Not only did he take the grand prize, his sister took second place. When her car finally died, she jumped out, ran to her brother, and the two of them shared a big celebratory hug on the top of his car. Combined, they took home over $2000 and memories of probably one of their greatest sibling rivalry moments.
FOOD
- Corn dog
- Yakisoba noodles
- Corn on the cob
- Diet Pepsi
- Marionberry pie – OMG!! Homemade pie from some church ladies across the street from the fair. I don’t like pie all that much, but man, I have been reborn! Consider me a convert.
- Frozen strawberry lemonade
- Fried green tomatoes
- Rib In A Cup – a fabulous new discovery this year, in large part cuz the vendor has never been at our fair before. Hidden out by where the controversial Beer and Wine Garden was last year is Lazy Pig BBQ (the innocuously renamed North Bank Bistro is now relegated to the corner of the exhibition hall where imbibers can enjoy a view of buyable hot tubs and rentable Bobcats). For just $3, I was handed a large, luscious pork rib in a plastic cup. Doused with extra BBQ sauce and Tabasco (the rib, not me) and I was in hog heaven.
- Cole slaw
- Fried Oreo
- Fried Twinkie (the part Rob was willing to share)
- Elephant ear
- 3 Tums…finally
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| Duck Racin' Rob |
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| Time for some Purell...at least |
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| Demo Derby! |
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