My Mom’s house is the first place we’ve been since November where we will stay put for more than a few days or a week. So this is my opportunity to make medical and dental appointments. The week is filled with trips back and forth to Southtowns Dental. They are located about two blocks from Mom’s house and are owned by a husband and wife team along with their son. I picked Southtowns Dental for their location and the adventurous life of their Drs.
We’ve shook up my mom’s quiet yard with kids and dogs running around constantly. Maria comes to play all the time. We all went to Tift Nature Preserve for a little fishing warm up, getting ready for our fishing trip to Rice Lake.
The Erie County Fair is another highlight of our summer at Nannie’s house. We’ve been to the Los Angeles County Fair a handful of times and had a great time. However, at the LA fair, they no longer have farmers showing animals, vegetables and other home grown delicacies of the area. Here in Erie County, the barns are full of animals and show rings. There is parking for campers and some of the show people even sleep on cots in the barn, the kids play in the hay and crockpots are simmering in the corners. This is a fabulous way for the kids to see the ‘Charlotte’s Web’ style fair.
In and out of the barns we saw Llamas, horses, cows, pigs, sheep, poultry and rabbits. The chicken barn was fun, God made some interesting looking chickens. Each one was more interesting than the next.
Then of course there are the shows. I think the Pig Race guys travel the country because I’ve seen them in LA. The pigs race around the track for a cookie at the other end.
The stunt dogs had everyone cheering. They ran agility courses and chased frisbees. You could tell those dogs were obsessed with the frisbee, they seemed to quiver waiting for it to be thrown.
The kids spend weeks collecting quarters for the foot vibrating machines.
In the vegetable buildings there were great veggie art displays. I’m not sure what the rules were, but it looks like toothpicks were the only thing used besides vegetables. Our favorite maple sugar booth is there too. They make maple snow cones, maple cotton candy, maple lollipops, and our most favorite maple leave candy, it tastes like maple fudge. I found a recipe to make it by simply boiling down maple syrup. It takes 40 gallons of sap to boil down to one gallon of syrup, and I think you have to boil it down another half to make sugar. Laura talks about maple collecting in the Little House in the Big Woods.
Most years we avoid the midway because of the bazillion dollar Disney passes we have back home. But this year we have no Disney passes so the midway was our thrill ride adventure. Here’s another comparison with the LA fair. In LA the general admission is $19 for adults, a ride wristband is $50, and parking is $12. I know they have deals for student admissions, we usually participate in the student group promotions. In Erie County general admission is $4 before 11am, on Tops day parking is $4, and with a Tops cash register receipt a ride wrist band is $20. So everyone in LA should come here to enjoy the fair.
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Lucky for me the kids are all old enough to ride by themselves, because I’m just not up for spinning anymore.
The lines were very short in the morning. The kids ran from ride to ride.
Colorful photo ops everywhere.
The rides everyone seemed to enjoy the most were the slides. I need one of these at my house. They ran up the stairs and down the slide about a dozen times. They also enjoyed the fun houses, with mirrors and wobbly platforms, spinning tubes and things like that.
Once again, no lines, they could ride as many times as their legs would carry them up the stairs.
Marie finally grew enough to ride the bumper cars by herself. With a little neck stretch she was just above the line.
Maria made sure the kids had their picture taken with Sparky. We have a whole collection of these photos at the Volunteer Fire dept. building. Inside the building is filled with antique engines and outside Sparky the remote control dog drives around talking to kids.
On the way out we hit the conservation building. They have tanks of lake fish and fishing and hunting displays. The kids had fun with this poster of the big fish.
