Caldwell County Fair

It is officially fall.  This means the leaves are starting to turn colours other than green, the days are getting shorter, the nights longer, the weather cooler, and various other autumnal things are autumnalling (as autumnal things do, and all according to plan).

It also means the county fair is in town (Carnie alert!)

On Tuesday we all headed over and check things out.

It is a typical small rural area affair - carnival folk selling carnival things, rides to be ridden, games to be gamed, various arts and crafts submitted for judgement to be observed, deep fried foods to be regurgitated, and something called 'funnel cake'.

The following are some of the sights and sounds (well, mainly sights, the sounds are mostly in your head), of the Caldwell County Fair.

We'll start with the centerpiece of the fair: ye olde yonder ferris wheel.

There are many rides, of course.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that my kids loved riding the dragon roller coaster.

It would not be a trip to the fair without getting some cotton candy.

Everything at the fair is moving, so I tried to capture the feel.

Another motion capture.  This sucker really spun around.

It is getting dark, so this is the last shot of the evening.

The fair goes on until Saturday, so if you happen to be in the area, you can drop by and check things out for yourself. (if you are not, sucks to be you).

If you do go, try the funnel cake.  I hear it's fun-nelly good!

City meets country - We're off to the Brampton Fair

The Event: The Brampton Fair
The Location: Brampton Fair Grounds
The Time: 16-Sept-06
The Reason: ... we're kinda bored.

One of the hazzards of being engaged to a farmers daughter is that she notices, enjoys, and actively seeks out, country fairs. So really is no surprise that she found one in the city of Brampton.

So we went.


It was, surprsingly, good times all around. Its an amazing contrast between the city teens (Goth is a word that comes to mind) and country (hey ma, my sisters sure a-growin to be a sexy thang. Can I be a-takin' her to the prom?) boys.

We started our day by watching the horse pull. A team of horses pulled over 7250lbs of dead weight on a metal sled. Impressive, eh?

After that we walked around the midway, and played some carnival games. We played bingo, and won a prize the first game! (we selected a box of drinking glasses).

After that we went to a demolition derby. This was the first derby that I attended that did not have a car that used to belong to one of my grandfathers (no kidding!). It was an awesome show. Lots of debris, flying fluids, radiator steam explosions, and various other things that can be seen in two places... the 401, and the demo derby.