State Fair of Texas 2010

We never really go to the State Fair.  But a guy at my work gave us 1 free ticket, so we decided to check it out this year.  We went on the very last day.  David stopped to talk to a guy in the parking lot, so he ended up getting us into the fair for free.  We got there at 9 AM, thinking we would beat the crowd.  We did beat the crowd because nothing was open yet!  So we wandered around for a while until the Tom Landry exhibit opened.  It was short, but they had a lot of things that belonged to the great Cowboys coach, like his Superbowl rings.  We had to go talk to people in the Ford truck area.  None of which knew any answers to the technical questions David had about the new diesel engines.  The petting zoo, mainly for kids, was good times.  They had more than just the average goats and pigs.  After that, we rode the ferris wheel.  Then it was time for lunch.  There was so many choices.  We went for the Fried Chocolate.  It was so good!  I wander to get another one, but we didn't have enough tickets.  We ate the free samples in the Food & Fiber Barn instead.  After that, we saw the dog show and bird show.  Then we called it a day. 

Big Tex.

Me and Big Tex

Giraffe at the Petting Zoo.

Me faking out the giraffe like I have food.

David and a cute goat.

Camel and Baby Camel.

Emus.

Ostrich, yummy...

Alpaca.

Zebra.

Me and the little zebra.

Llamas.

A random lady feeding a baby cow.

Little piggies.

Kangaroo baby.

Tom Landry's rings.

Tom Landry's golf clubs.

Tom Landry's hat.

The ferris wheel.

The largest ferris wheel in North America.

The Cotton Bowl from the ferris wheel.

The Farrises on the wheel.

Fried Chocolate.  It was sooo good.

David with our $20 meal.

Hawk at the bird show.

In one of those cars up top is a hawk that flew out to the stage.

Albino hawk.

The Best State Fair in Our State

Friday, David and I had a great day planned. We went to breakfast at Poor Richard's Cafe in East Plano. Then we went and did some engine part shopping. I mostly just took a nap, but it was still fun. Then we went to the State Fair of Texas. I had been once before, but it was so crowded that it wasn't any fun. This time, we almost snuck in because we weren't paying attention and got in the wrong line. But since we are honest people, we went back out and bought a ticket. People told me the car show was the best part of the fair. So, we checked that out first. I think David popped every hood there. I got to sit in a $72,000 Corvette. Then we went on the Ferris Wheel. It is the largest amusement ride in the western hemisphere. It is 212 feet high. There was a great view of downtown Dallas. I didn't take any pictures of that because there was a metal mesh in the way. After that, we ate a Fried Coke. It was interesting, I guess you could say. It was like little doughnuts in Coke with whipped cream on the top. Then we walked around some more and saw some animals. There was this pig with the biggest balls I had ever seen. I couldn't stop laughing. I had to walk away so I wouldn't embarrass David too much. We went and watched the Swan Boats on the pond. As soon as we sat down by the pond a turtle came over to us and was staring as us. So we fed him a granola bar. He was so cute and really big. We caught the end of the bird show and left. On the way home we stopped at this drive-in restaurant where you eat in your car. It was so fun!

Riding the "Farris" Wheel.

Our turtle eating the granola bar.

Cutie little sheepy after he got a hair cut.

Big Tex.

The Midway and the Ferris Wheel.

From the bottom looking up.

One view from the Ferris Wheel.