A travelling fair has come to town, you can smell the cotton candy for miles.
I have always loved the fair.
The warmth of the sun fighting with the coolness of dusk.
The magical way the bright lights from the heckling vendors and the screams of joy from the rides transform an urban parking lot into the hot spot of the week.
Nursing an injury, I was forced to slow down on my walk through this years family outing. My girls and hubby laughed and screamed to their hearts content while I sat and marvelled at how lucky I was. Looking around I was really able to take it all in....
The huge line-ups for the hot mini doughnuts covered in enough icing sugar to throw you into a diabetic coma.... Worth it.
Parents oblivious to their incredibly rude and pushy children. ...Shocking.
Do "carnies" have dental coverage...um I think not.
They can however count on good eyesight!
This year's event had a booth with Free Vision Testing.
Huh? Who goes to the fair to get their eyes checked?
Are you COVERED in tattoo's from your chin to your toes, multiple piercings, and sport a Mohawk hair cut? Do you have cigarettes dangling from lips, jean falling off your bums, extra thick make-up, and ripped up clothes? What are you doing at home? Everyone you know and aspire to look like is at the fair!
Deep Fried Mars Bar on a stick....Drool...that is this years best find.
Hot Tubs for sale? Why must we always stop and look at these at the fair? How do the deals seem so good here? Must be because our feet and backs hurt from all the walking and bumpy rides.
Does no one else think it is WRONG that the Ferris wheel (that was put together in a few short hours) shakes and squeaks so badly??
Pig races. Enough said.
4 Bucks gets you one ride, one candy apple or you can play one game. Soon only the wealthy we be able to afford the fair.
We rode rides until we were nauseous, walked until our feet hurt, ate all the junk we could find. We won so many prizes the vendors nick named us the Carnival Ninjas.
On this night full of giggles and screams, when my little girls traded fear of roller coasters for delight and cries for "more", we made memories that will last a lifetime.
Can't wait for next year.
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34 comments:
I use to love when a carnival came to town. Today they scare me, especially how they get set up, but can't resist going.
So Funny and so True! We just went to our local festival and Thank Goodness for Cotton Candy and Junk Food. Thanks, MM
I can't wait till my daughter is old enough to go to the fair and get on the rides, just so I can too!
Deep fried Mars bars?! Wow. Isn't a normal un-deep-fried Mars bar sinful enough? :)
That makes me want to go to the fair and I am not a big fair fan.
What a fun time. I love cotton candy. The blue kind so my tongue can turn blue.
This is so nice.
and NO, those folks don't have dental insurance, this I am sure of!!!
I love the fair coming to town. The rides, the carnival food, the people watching.
Glad you created new memories for your family.
Fair are not cheap anymore. we could have gone to a regular amusement park for the money we spent. They are fun though.
I love the fair! Ours should be in town next week- my girls are so excited. Glad y'all had a good time!
I watched a movie on the Sundance Channel recently that was 2 hours on the life of carnival workers. It was a disturbing but interesting almost doco-drama, worth watching. Sorry, I can't remember the name.
Secretia
I can smell the cotton candy from here. I haven't been to a fair in forever even though L.A. has one every year. I always worry about the parking.
ahhh! reading this makes me wanna find and go to a fair pronto! gotta wait till october down here though!
Deep fried Mars bars? WTH? We love the local fair but my kids hate rides!?! I love the junk food :)
I...Love...the...Fair!!!
Were they Robinson's Racing Pigs, by chance?
i live in MA, home of the Topsfield Fair (the nation's oldest agricultural fair...jealous? ;-) It comes in a few weeks and I am so excited. Where else can I go on rickety rides, eat fried dough, drink hot cider and look at prize winning poultry and veggies. Oh and I can't forget the chick hatchery.
Ah...the fair.
It sounds fun, but you're right you need to be rich
How funny vision testing at the carnival lol. Well now I have heard it all :0)
Have a great day, sounded like a blast. I love carnivals.
Blessings,
Heidi
hahaha! seriously? an eye test?
Ooh I adore the fair!It's been years since I've taken the children..
Honestly, I think we got into Disney for less than we paid on our last trip to the fair... it's not cheap! But it's totally worth it.
Glad you had a wonderful trip :P
I love the fair!!
The last time we went, my son asked the Ferris Wheel operator if it was hard. To which he replied.
"One day when you are older and do horrible in school and drop out, you too can work at the fair......."
Our kids take animals to the fair every year, and it's actually a blessing in disguise. They are conditioned to think that we go to the fair to feed animals, not ride or eat. The one day we allot for that is enough to break the bank.
It is so much fun taking the kids to the carnival/Ex/fair every year... they load up on everything that is bad for them, but they have so much fun, too! But man, oh man, the people who work the carnivals... and some of the people who go there? SCARY, indeed!
Ah beautiful post! Sounds like you all had a wonderful time together as a family. Priceless.
How are deep fried Mars bars even possible?! Wouldn't the chocolate melt on impact? And where is this fair? I think I need to investigate a little further... ;-) LOL!
Mmmmmmmm. My fav at carnivals is always the funnel cakes. Mmmmm funnel cakes, lol. It makes me smile just thinking of them! :)
I So agree with the over priced stuff and the 'questionable' rides to put it politely.
My kids all got sick a few years back at our carnival and since then, they like going back...but no rides so it saves me a butt load of dough! Whew! :)
I haven't been to a carnival, but that pretty much sounds like every trip to the amusement park that we had this summer!
All of it is so true! And I am thinking no to the dental as well.
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All so true! And I would agree it's a big fat no on the dental.
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Meredith
You made me feel like I was there, minus the calories! I'd still take the calories.
You are such a gifted writer :)
I never rode the scarier, risky rides at the carnival. I just didn't trust a ride that went together and came apart every weekend.
The carnival scares me so much, but reading your description made me want to go back. Awesome writing!
I was telling my class in China about deep fried candy bars. They were dumbfounded. I'm sure they were thinking, 'No wonder y'all are so fat!'
We had a teeny tiny fair come to our side of the town. El loved getting her face painted and the merry go round. :)
I love fairs but I dont like how fast the rides go up.
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