Take ME out to the Fair!

Thursday Evening AJ says to ME

"Let's go to the Fair"

"Okay" I say, "but you can not go to the

Fair without a KID".

So AJ, ME and Madison headed to

the County Fair

The first thing we saw as we entered

the Fair was AJ's favorite...

The Merry-Go-Round

The colors, the music and the smells

put you immediately in a

nostalgic Child-Like mood.

Even AJ could not resist the Carousel
Madison loved the FUN SLIDE.
We then went inside some of the bulidings

where they were doing some judging.

Here we saw Chickens....

Black Chickens

and Brown Chickens....

Some Chickens having a

Bad Hair Day!

and Roosters crowing!

There was Geese...

and Ducks....

and a Turkey.

There were Hereford Cows....

and Black Angus....

and a Baby Jersey Calf.

We looked at Sheep with their

Summer Burr Haircuts.

Some looked like Nurses going into

surgery.

Some looked like Surgeons.

There were Goats in pens...and Goats trying to escape

from pens.

Our noses wouldn't let us miss

the Pigs, Sows and

Hogs.

Someone's Garden did better then mine!

After walking around and looking at

the Farm Animals we headed for the

Midway.

Here you could find

FOOTLONG HOTDOGS.....

COLD DRINKS.....

and GOOD EATS!

Madison got a Caricature Picture

drawn of her.

There was a Talent Show.

The Sun has now gone down and

Madison has school the next day,

so it is time to wrap it up.

So the last Hooo-rah of the evening

was...

Madison & Grampy (AJ) on the

Bumper Cars.

And did they have fun?

Well by the looks of it....

I think...

they did.

AJ...... "Madison what did you like the best at the Fair?

Madison......"Oh Grampy I liked it all, but I really liked

the FUN SLIDE".

Madison......"Grampy, what did you like best at the Fair?'

AJ......." Well lets see. I like the Footlong Hotdog,

the Popcorn, the Nachos.....wish I had gotten some

Cotton Candy and maybe a Funnel Cake......."
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3 Hour Vacation...Part 3..History

The Lake

Almost home, we decided to make one

more stop. We stopped at

Lake Overholser Dam.

We had passed this Dam many

times but had never stopped and

explored it. Here is a little of what

we saw.

Opposite side of the Lake, where the water is held
back by the dam. You can see guys below
fishing.

I zoomed in on them.

It is so hard to believe this is the South side

of the Dam....

and just a few yards away this in the

North side of the Dam.

These are turned to let the water through.

There were old pictures of when the

Dam was being built.

I think this is where we saw the Guys

fishing?

After this stop we headed home.

A really cheap, short Vacation,

but it was fun.

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