Trip to the Texas Fair

Leslie and I both ended up with a free weekend last weekend, so we decided to visit my parents to go to the Texas State Fair! Leslie wanted to check out all the fried food, and my dad loves the fair. We'd been trying to make it work out for a few years now, but we were just never able to make it.

 

We felt bad leaving Linus at home, so he made the road trip with us on Friday evening! He was pretty good in the car, but kept trying to climb over to visit Leslie.

 

My parents' cat, Spud, wasn't too sure about Linus.

 

 

We knew it was supposed to rain on Saturday, but we thought it would clear up in the afternoon. It ended up raining all day, and it just got harder and harder as the day went on. We still had a great time, but we didn't take too many pictures of ourselves. Leslie and I did get one picture with the big longhorn, though!

 

One of my favorite parts was the petting zoo. It was great to get out of the rain, and they had so many neat animals! It was like a trip to a real zoo!

 

These little guys were strange- they had 4 horns! None of them looked too happy about it, either.

 

 

This little goat decided to make himself comfortable, ha!

 

 

This is a baby llama, but we got to see two people show their much bigger llamas! They had to show that they were agreeable going through different environments while carrying a load on their back. It was like a llama obstacle course! It was neat to watch, and they seemed like really sweet and smart animals.

 

 

We thought this goat was too funny not to take a picture! Leslie said it looked like Charlie Hall or David Crowder.

 

We also saw the biggest pig I've ever seen!

 

 

The shoe competition was another favorite of mine!

This is the Nine West Nile Virus, clever because of the current West Nile outbreak in TX.

 

Little Honey Boot Boot, ha!

 

 

We also got to try several strange fried things (thankfully Leslie decided to skip the fried butter, previously at the top of his list to try). We had fried cheesecake, fried jambalaya, fried lobster macaroni and cheese, and fried lemonade! All surprisingly good (in small quantities).

 

It was such a fun weekend! I think we wore Linus out. This is him relaxing in my lap in the car.

 

 

We got home Sunday and I had fall break on Monday and Tuesday! Such a nice long weekend.