Sunday, Texas State Fair

The day started out with really crappy weather. I was bound and determined to get the the State Fair but it was raining like crazy. Asha had said she wanted to go but I thought she was going to bow out...and totally wouldn't have blamed her.

The afternoon looked more promising so we agreed to go around 1pm. It turned out great. The weather kept most people away so there weren't any crowds or lines and we didn't get rained on at all.

That's Big Tex behind Asha and me. He's a giant...it is Texas afterall. He greets you when you come in the main entrance.

We made it to the bird show. At the recommendation of David B. we sat right in front of the middle platform where some of the birds land. One of the birds is an East African Crane which I had seen at the International Crane Center in Baraboo, Wisconsin. I got to see it fly at the Texas State Fair!

The big food thing is that everything and anything is deep fried. I tried the fried butter...basically a lightly deep fried flour bisquit not unlike a hush puppy. It was good. Also had a fried peanut butter macaroon. Also good. This thing called a Green Goblin..a jalepeno stuffed with chicken and guacamole dipped in batter and deep fried. That was really good.

There weren't many animals. Matter of fact, we saw a couple of mules and burrows and some cows. There were no horse, swine, chicken, etc. The fair goes on for several weeks so I guess it would be difficult to have more animals all at once. We did see a dog dancing demonstration including a dog that made it on America's Got Talent.

Visited the crafts building. There is a butter sculpture but it goes beyond scuplting princesses of the milky way. This was a sculpture of an entire room. I didn't actually get it. That's the picture in the middle.

There are several major permament buildings on the fair grounds including the Cotton Bowl, several museums, the Dallas Auto Show and a theatre which currently has the touring production of Mary Poppins. It terms of State Fair-things, I think Minnesota is bigger but that might just be because I know where things are.