The Real Life Adventures of Mike and Michelle: Puyallup Fair!

So, we actually went to the fair awhile ago, but I thought I'd go ahead and blog about it. The county fair was in town in September, and Mike and I decided it would be fun to go. We heard good things about it, and since it's the biggest county fair in Washington, we felt like we should go at least once. It was so much fun! I couldn't believe how many different kinds of things there were to see and do. We heard a jazz band play, we saw the high school/junior high and adult art shows, there were the animals, we saw collections of every kind on display, we rode some rides, we saw a couple acrobatic shows, and they even had a small museum about the county fair! I was amazed at the artistic talent displayed in both the art and acrobatic shows. They let you vote on a piece in each of the art shows, and we had fun picking our favorite. We also had fun riding a couple of the rides. After the first one, Mike and I realized that we'd never been on any rides together before, and that it was really fun to do together. We have similar tastes in rides and both get scared pretty easily, it was great! One of the buildings was filled with different kinds of collections. They had everything from Twilight and Harry Potter to coins to china. One collection was of National Park pamphlets. There must have been hundreds in there! The acrobatic shows were amazing! The first guy we saw rode a unicycle on a wire while juggling torches, it was crazy! We ended the day by eating an elephant ear. Don't worry, it wasn't real. It's a treat that's kind of like a big, flattened scone with cinnamon sugar on top. Yum!