County Fair
Jul. 24th, 2014 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve_primeWe had a great time at the fair! My back was fine, surprisingly, whew, and around 5:10 p.m. we met J. at the fair. First we went to look for D’s favorite ride, which was gone – he doesn’t like the major rides, only the more mid-range stuff. He did agree to try the ferris wheel, which was a challenge since he’s afraid of heights. J’s tremendously blasé about it, mostly just commenting how much smaller it was than the London Eye, but D. braved through it impressively. I dashed over to visit the goats while they were up there and met a cute little one named Sriracha. After that, we got D. a shaved ice drink, and J. decided to go up in the Vertigo, where you ride in a seat up high that eventually swings out to something of an angle. He said he had a great view from up there. D. and I amused ourselves by watching each other’s reaction to J. being up in the ride.
Next was dinner, as it was approaching the time for J’s shift in the bingo booth (a charitable endeavor to benefit low-income people for their utility bills in Springfield). D. had some teriyaki chicken, which didn’t meet his usual standard. I had a Philly cheese steak, which was okay. J. had bits of both of our meals then went off to the bingo. After we ate, D. and I visited the bunnies (he liked a grey lop-eared one with ridiculously long elephant ears), then we voted for our favorite scarecrow and our favorite grange exhibit (Walterville), and then we played at least four rounds of bingo and did pretty well, without actually getting close to winning. After that, we watched much of a performing sea lion act, then went inside to say hi to Bill Sullivan, who had helped him with the mentor project and was one of several local authors in the author booth. I got to see Dorcas Smucker, the Mennonite lady with a wonderful column in the Sunday paper, but didn’t speak to her, as suddenly the strong woman act started up right next to us. This woman, “Mama Lou,” was tremendously entertaining, a really natural performer. D. and I had a great time and watched her entire act.
Let’s see, then we went to look at the youth art competition, which was pretty inspiring and impressive, and then (to my delight and surprise), D. also wanted to see the adult art. So nice and quiet in the exhibition halls. Some of the art was really lovely. We looked briefly at the photography, then returned to the bingo, where we had very poor luck. The evening’s concert started, a band called “Tesla.” Finally, around 8:20 p.m., we bid J. goodbye and headed back to the car. Even four blocks away from the southern fair entrance, we could still hear the band perfectly well, and then I was kind of amazed that I could still hear the music from our own house, which is at least two or three miles away.
After we got home, I showed him J’s newly delivered very comfortable furniture. It’s interesting – D. is pretty susceptible to dizziness and even rocking in a chair is too much for him. Then he ended up watching that rather fascinating Christian dating show with me (which is amusing, but not nearly as impressive as the fact that he also got caught up in watching Matlock with me earlier today, over breakfast, and sat down with me to watch the whole rest of the show). I’m glad that D. likes to spend time with me.
Next was dinner, as it was approaching the time for J’s shift in the bingo booth (a charitable endeavor to benefit low-income people for their utility bills in Springfield). D. had some teriyaki chicken, which didn’t meet his usual standard. I had a Philly cheese steak, which was okay. J. had bits of both of our meals then went off to the bingo. After we ate, D. and I visited the bunnies (he liked a grey lop-eared one with ridiculously long elephant ears), then we voted for our favorite scarecrow and our favorite grange exhibit (Walterville), and then we played at least four rounds of bingo and did pretty well, without actually getting close to winning. After that, we watched much of a performing sea lion act, then went inside to say hi to Bill Sullivan, who had helped him with the mentor project and was one of several local authors in the author booth. I got to see Dorcas Smucker, the Mennonite lady with a wonderful column in the Sunday paper, but didn’t speak to her, as suddenly the strong woman act started up right next to us. This woman, “Mama Lou,” was tremendously entertaining, a really natural performer. D. and I had a great time and watched her entire act.
Let’s see, then we went to look at the youth art competition, which was pretty inspiring and impressive, and then (to my delight and surprise), D. also wanted to see the adult art. So nice and quiet in the exhibition halls. Some of the art was really lovely. We looked briefly at the photography, then returned to the bingo, where we had very poor luck. The evening’s concert started, a band called “Tesla.” Finally, around 8:20 p.m., we bid J. goodbye and headed back to the car. Even four blocks away from the southern fair entrance, we could still hear the band perfectly well, and then I was kind of amazed that I could still hear the music from our own house, which is at least two or three miles away.
After we got home, I showed him J’s newly delivered very comfortable furniture. It’s interesting – D. is pretty susceptible to dizziness and even rocking in a chair is too much for him. Then he ended up watching that rather fascinating Christian dating show with me (which is amusing, but not nearly as impressive as the fact that he also got caught up in watching Matlock with me earlier today, over breakfast, and sat down with me to watch the whole rest of the show). I’m glad that D. likes to spend time with me.