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What I Learned at the Fair Yesterday

Published on: August 10, 2016

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Pictured are kids having rainbow colored fun at the Orange County Fair. There are a handful of California fairs this week in Napa, Grass Valley, Quincy, Hayfork, Yreka and Costa Mesa.

Fair observations:

  • As you line up at the fair gate there are still a few people (usually adults) who cut in line and give a dumb smile as if it say, “See what I got away with?”
  • The entryway / exit is like the checkout at K-Mart. Inflatable toys offer kids their first and last ditch effort to convince parents to cough up a few bucks for something no kid ever knew he or she wanted.
  • Food is expensive. I got away cheap with an 8 oz. Icee and two cookies for $10. Turkey legs, foot-long hot dogs, roasted corn, cheese-drenched chips, curly fries,  hamburgers, BBQ beef sandwiches and ice cream easily eat up a $100 bill.
  • Teeth cleaning, back massages, mop demos and kitchen gadgets, along with custom license plate frames attract the masses — year after year.
  • Within an hour of fair opening the wine bar is packed!
  • Barnyard animals are hard to find. You must weave past food kiosks and carnival rides till you reach the perimeter of the fairgrounds where they keep the critters.
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