"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover."
~Mark Twain

Sunday, September 5, 2010

What to See at the NY State Fair According to Erin & Greg

As a reminder, Greg's comments are blue.
A glimpse at the usual livestock critters. It's hard to believe those little, pink piglets will become big mamas (or papas) one day!

A trip through the furs and feathers! We watched part of a rooster crowing contest, and we just made it past the guinea pigs and rabbits, when Greg's allergies informed us we needed to get out of there ASAP! The winner of the crowing contest was just a little guy who crowed 28 times in 10 minutes I think. It was funny to watch. Oh, and there were tons of piggies (guinea pigs, that is), and only three chinchillas.

A quick viewing of a the butter sculpture. Apparently, they release a new one of these each year. It was pretty impressive. After a quick glimpse, I left Erin to take pictures from the crowd while I scoped out some cheap ice cream.

Some close encounters with some exotic mammals: a few tigers, a giraffe, some dancing elephants, and a duo of camels. All cool things.




A cute pink tractor. Check out the wheels. There was another girl taking a picture of this at the same time. They get so excited about pink things. Okay, it was a PINK tractor! It was a rare pink thing worthy of a photograph!


Loads of exhibits from dairy displays to an international food pavilion to NY police demonstrations, which included a funny bloodhound that got all the attention.

Of course, there were loads of rides and fried food options too, but we stayed away from all that. Not only did they have fried twinkies...they had fried pizza, fried oreos, fried pickles, and fried dough. Ugh! The food was ridiculously abundant. For every one thing to see, there were probably 50 places to eat.

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