State Fair

We went to the Virginia State Fair today. This was the first time we had been to a state fair since back in the 80's when we lived in Oklahoma City. It was pretty good, at least the exhibitions. We had a good time checking out the goats, cows, rabbits, and poultry.

It was pretty funny, when we encountered a girl in the poultry tent who was telling her sister "I'm in chicken heaven!" She obviously knew chickens, and kept trying to get her mom to buy her some more.


There were some other decent exhibits: quilts, artwork, produce, and the like. We were kind of surprised that there weren't many entries in the baking competition, and we didn't see any canned produce. I guess the many varieties of jam and jelly we make (sour cherry, peach, pear, apricot, ginger-rhubarb, and the rest) might all have been winners.

The vendors were the usual, selling new gutters, the world's finest cookware, and all of the rest.

The midway vendors had the amazing selection of All-American deep fried food. Pork chop on a stick. Spaghetti and meatballs on a stick. Deep fried Oreos. Funnel cakes. The amazingly honest "fried dough" vendor.