A Day at the Fair

By dmille09 written 8/8/05 7:10 PM, published 8/8/05 7:10 PM
A couple of miles down the road from where we live in Woodstock, Illinois is the annual McHenry County Fair. We arrive at the not too imposing entrance Popup LinkEntrance . It's early so the Carnival rides have yet to be started Popup LinkCarnival . The lines aren't too long yet so we stop for some goodies Popup LinkEats on our way to the 4H dairy judging  Popup LinkPavilion . This youngster won his class Popup LinkJersey Cow . Most fun was watching the pigs Popup LinkWinner,  Popup LinkChops. We couldn't resist the Cow Wash  Popup LinkWash . More next year.


 
  • I'm torn between Carnival and Eats - great shots!  And reminds me a lot of the carnivals that used to come through back home (athough the most we ever had livestock wise was pony rides).

    - Just a Wannabee

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  • KayN
    5
    Fun post!  Reminds me of the small fairs in my home town, all the way down to the cow wash!  The eats pic is my fav.

    - Ms.N

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  • Pyro43
    6
    Good post. I was at our county fair over the weekend and intend use it as another travelogue post in a couple days.

    - Mmmmmm... Multiplicative

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  • kwsNI
    3
    Love the perspective on Carnival

    - Contumelious

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  • Nice shots! Thanks for taking us along.

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  • Looks like lots of Carnitas to me....  Good Eats...

    - Growing Up is Optional...

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  • Love the sweet little Jersey girl in cow wash.  And, oddly enough, it looks just like our county fair in Texas.  Nice tour.

    - blow.....hard

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  • By the way. That is not a Jersey Cow. This is a Popup LinkJersey Cow His Name is Tony

    - Still a Moose

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  • Jenssis
    1
    I can smell the corn dogs and the funnel cakes... oooh ours will be here in a couple of weeks.  Fun post!  Love the EATS photo best.

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  •   The Carnies are in town--better be careful--too much fun is in the horizon--our littly county fair will be here in a few weeks--a county next to us is having their "fair" this week and am planning on going tonight--can smell the burgers-onions-cotton candy--etc--U know all the good stuff.

    - Blessings

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  • lechar
    4
    carnival and cow wash i like-
    glad you had fun!

    - Jersey Girl

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  • looks like a whole lot of fun.....ummm carnitas!

    - ummmm

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  • Thanks, Moose, I didn't recognize Tony.

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  • What a fun visit! I loved the 'carnival' and 'eats' shots, too--the angle and great sky really did it for me. The pig wranglin' kids were fun, too!

    - here and there

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  • Moose...how dare you make me fall off my chair! That was funny! I can't wait to post some pics of the California State Fair! That is if I don't melt....It is going for three weeks this year Wow...I will take one funnel cake 1/2 with powdered sugar and 1/2 with cinnamon sugar.

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