The Fair

Around here, the last month of the summer is dedicated to county fairs. There are two big ones around here, the Ulster County fair and the Dutchess County Fair. We live in Ulster county and never go to the fair. It's small, cheesy and dull. It's the Dutchess Fair that makes the grade. So, Brian thinks it'll be fun to go this past weekend. He wanted to go after he and I both got done with work on Saturday. Oh, hell no. I said why don't we call his sister and go on Sunday. So that's the plan.

We packed a picinic and met Chris, John and the boys at a local riverside park. We decided to go to the fair after we had lunch. It was about a total six or seven mile drive. It took over an hour. It was the last day of the fair. We were parked so far away, we had to walk twenty minutes to get to the gate.

So, first we saw the animals. The cows, the horses, the sheep, the goats. They stank, but Emily and Adien loved it. Then we moved onto the kids climbing all over the tractors. That was fun. BUt it was the rides the kids wanted. Over and over again for the rides. So, we spent $20 on tickets for the rides and only got 20 tickets. Each ride was 3-4 tickets. So, the rides went fast. Then onto snacks, bathrooms, walk around and suddenly we had been there for four almost five hours and we, the adults were tired. So, we left, but the kids could only complain about how far it was back to the cars. But it was a fun day.