County Fair & Rodeo

      We live about a mile from our County fairgrounds and every July the place just lights up.  It definitely brings our little town to life.  Being back to work at the County has its perks too.  Every fair season they offer free tickets and parking passes to employees and their family.  With that expense out of the way, we splurged and bought the kids wristbands for unlimited rides.  They were so excited.  They rode all evening long.  I even had a couple of turns on the swings with them.  Oh how that brought back memories of growing up.  One of the coolest vendors at the fair this year was an Exotic Animals exhibit.  They had some pretty cool exotic animals and some freakishly creepy spiders and snakes.  I literally ran out of the spider exhibit!  The other aspect of the fair that I enjoy is the rodeo.  The night we went was the kids rodeo which isn't quite as enjoyable, but fun for a while.  I think we all left that night feeling that we got our moneys worth.  We had fun, we ate completely unhealthy fair food, but it was oh so worth it!