down at the fair, ya'll

Last night, we made our annual pilgrimage to the Loudoun County Fair.  It just wouldn't be summer without a trip to take in all the sights and smells only a county fair can bring.

We thought this sign was hilarious, right next to the cow barn.  Kinda makes you wonder just how fresh that meat sauce is.

Logan LOVES to play games.  The problem is cutting him off before he empties your wallet.   We probably spent $25 and got six tiny stuffed animals valued at about, oh, $.75 total?

We arrived in time to see part of the arial acrobatics.  Pretty impressive!

And of course, you can't have a county fair without animals.  We loved this bunny:

Logan made friends with a donkey.

And our neighbors daughters help care for these sheep, who were entered in the fair too.

The highlight of the night is always the demolitian derby.  Crashing, smoking cars right in front of you, while you munch on junk food and cheer them on.  We sat so close some of the rock spray came right up onto our blanket.

This was my favorite competing car, but he didn't last too long.

some live derby action!

purple gum tongues 

When the sun goes down and the lights come on, it really takes you back.

We wanted funnel cakes but they were $7 and I just couldn't bring myself to spend that much on a plate of fried batter.   Then we came upon another food stand selling fresh fried mini-donuts, 12 in a bag for $4.   Bingo! Sprinkled with cinammon and sugar, they were delish!

If it wasn't so hot outside we'd  probably venture back again this week before it closes Friday. But we saw the sights, smelled the smells and got our fix until next summer.

down at the county fair

Last night, we embarked on our annual family tradition of taking the boys to opening night of our local county fair.  We've taken them every summer I can remember, and the main attraction and what they look forward to all year is the demolitian derby (they still refer to it as the "Dirty").  But the fair itself is an honest-to-goodness real country fair, with lots of cowboy boots, farm animals (last night we watched some of the goat show....how many people can say that?), and fried meats on sticks.  Its always good people watchin', and a chance to get a big fat funnel cake too.    Two years ago, we took Logan for the first time, and last year we all enjoyed it again.

Here are some photos from last night, it was a great time!