Pilgrimage to the State Fair of VA

Well.... It's that time of year again!

That's right people, the infamous State Fair of VA. The state fair is now about five minutes from my house and it's great. What do we do? We buy season tickets to not only Kings Dominion but to the State Fair.. who does that? " The Rednecks in Doswell do that!"

Since the Fair moved to Meadow Farms we wait throughout the summer for the Fair. We always have the day planned out. I go online and fine the cost of passes, who will be playing concerts and last but not least what time the tractor pulls begin.

The start of the trek would have been Thursday night, Sept 29th... I was so looking forward to getting "The Corn Dog" that I could tast in my mouth but Noooooo Troy wouldn't budge from his throne! The living room couch! I was fuming, so I started the blog.

Today, imagine my surprise when Troy said at 11:30 am let's go to the fair. I was so glad and my mouth was watering for that corn dog. We left and of course Troy had to call one of his friends (this one has a normal name, Donald) and he went with us.

It all began with the parking. There was plenty of room but the freaking parking attends still made us park in BFE. Why must they do that when there was plenty of parking available near the front? So, we parked silently but so fuming on the inside. <Last year I tried to park in a spot up near the front and the parking attendant literally chased my car and told me, that I had to go back where he orginially told me to park or he would have me towed.> We got out of the car and began walking and walking and walking....

First, stop, Corn dog... I don't know the name of the concession stand but it's in the same spot every year. Handdipped corn dogs. They were fantastic. So, we only made it to the ride area. Troy loves watching the clown in the dunking booth so we made our way down there. But.. no one was throwing balls and the clown was silent. We made our way back up the midway and what does Troy say???? Elsie? they don't have the dunking booth anymore... What in the world? Are you on crack? We stood right in front of him. Hell, I know he wears bifocals but damn.

We walked through the farm bureau building which has the same vendors every year. Then we had to leave. I had a dental appointment. But, I told Troy I had to get a few hours of sleep before work and I wanted to come back to see Tracy Lawrence play.....