A day at the fair

Today we went to the North Carolina State Fair for "family day." All four of us. Not something we have a lot of opportunity to do these days. First time we had been to that fair, and first fair we'd been to in a few years.


You know you're at a real fair when they're judging the pound cakes, canned tomatoes, and blueberry muffins.


Ferris wheel!


Apparently this is a new roller coaster to the state fair. They chose the name yesterday...Toxic Shock. Hmm....seems to me a rather odd name for an amusement ride.


Fairs have a reputation for putting everything on a stick. I guess that's true.


We finally found the giant produce. Man...those are some big melons!!


The weather was a little cool, but it didn't rain. We walked and walked but no one complained. We ate our share of typical fair food. A good time was had by all. My favorite part - spending the day together.