As the summer winds down and the harvest comes in, the county and state fairs across the USA come alive. With its fried apple pies, pickled peaches, cotton candy, sweet tea, homemade ice cream, and barbeque pork, the fair is a place to find some of your favorite all-American food. Plus, there's music and entertainment for the whole family at a pretty affordable price.
People from the surrounding areas gather at the fairgrounds, park their pickup trucks in grassy fields near the midway, and flock through the gates to experience the sites and sounds of a late summer pastime. And, why not? There's something for everyone of every age.
The rural crowd and some animal-loving city folk may enjoy watching the cloggers at the community pavilion, the cooking demonstration, the livestock exhibits, or the historic pioneer village that recalls bygone days. They may walk on saw dust floors through the air pungent with the smell of dung to watch a hog race or put a sold sign on a couple of roosters before going on to the Ferris wheel-that's if they don't get distracted by the fiddle player along the way.
Most teens don't care who canned the prettiest peaches or who has the best pickles in Building A. No, they didn't come to watch cows in a beauty pageant or caged rabbits on parade. The strobe-lit, neon alley is more their style, and they came to spin, bounce, and twirl on temporarily constructed rides.
Some may try their luck at the carnival booths hoping to impress a girlfriend by ringing a bell at the top of a pole using a sledge hammer. Ten dollars later, they walk away-he's worked up a he-man sweat and she's carrying a fluffy, stuffed animal. Both turn to look when they hear the bell ring again. So quickly? How could such a skinny guy do that so easily? He was raised on the farm and his family depends upon him to chop wood for the winter. He's also showing his first place prize-winning heifer in the livestock shelter on the other side of the park. A might embarrassed, the city pair walk on through the crowd, vendors and clowns barking as they seek the next ticket booth.
Whether it's to see a 29-inch woman, to walk through the fun house, eat a funnel cake, or watch a man dive into a 9-foot pool from an 85-foot perch, each has their own reason for being there. Now, if they can only find Gate C and remember where they parked the truck... Hmmm....maybe they'll just stay until the fireworks are over and theirs is only vehicle left in the parking lot!
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