Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

Since the weather was so nice and I am progressing nicely with getting my labs done for the semester I took the afternoon off and we went up to the Erie County Fair. We spent about six hours at the fair, a lot of walking, a lot of yummy fair food, a lot of fun in general. It really made a difference too, how nice the weather was. Some years it is just so hot and humid it is very uncomfortable to walk around. But today was great, other than my knees hurting at the end of the night, I wasn’t uncomfortable at all.

The only disappointing thing was I forgot to check the batteries in the camera, so we didn’t get any pictures. Realistically we wouldn’t have been able to take too many pictures anyway, so it wasn’t too bad.

As we came out of one of the buildings we saw a parade coming down the street. So Bella and Gilli found a place to sit and Karen held Erin and we watched the parade go by. That was fun. There was a marching band, some horses, some cars, and a pedal powered train. Gillian’s favorite part was when they threw beads. Bella caught some and the lady behind Gilli caught some and gave them to Gillian, which was nice of her. Thanks unknown lady! Bella said the silliest part of the parade was when the horse pooped while it was stopped right in front of us. Ah, toilet humor!

We made it to the backyard circus, where the ringleader (who reminded me an awful lot like Ted Knight) led a group of kids from the audience in a make-believe circus. The girls chose not to participate, but instead enjoyed the show from the audience.

There are always a bunch of live bands playing, and although we never purposefully go to see them, if you are in the area you can’t help but hear them play. It always reminds me how much I enjoy playing in a band and makes me want to again.

While I watched over a sleeping Erin and listened to some music, Karen took Bella and Gilli to see various crafts. There was wood-working, paper-making, and doll-making among other things.

We seem to make it to the Erie County Fair more often than the Chautauqua County Fair, but it does have a lot more to offer than our local fair. For local, the big thing we do every year is Farm Festival, which is only a couple of weeks away now. I’d say I can’t wait, but since that always happens the weekend before classes start I don’t want to rush it.