Last Saturday, I took my two kids, Lyndsy and Buck, to the Washington County Fair. We had a total blast while we were there. We danced to some great polka music, hopped on all of the tractors on display and even caught part of a magic show. We made sure to eat a corn dog and some deep-fried cheese curds, all of which we washed down with some fresh lemonade. Although we already have goats, chickens and bunnies on our hobby farm at home, the kids still had a good old time walking through the animal barns and seeing all the different creatures. It was truly a great day.
But I do have one complaint. I took the kids over by the amusements to go on a couple of rides. Our first ride was on the merry-go-round. It cost me $9 to take my kids on it!! That’s just plain ridiculous if you ask me. Now I know they have special promotion days for rides, but nabbing you $3 per ride on non-promotion days is like highway robbery. All in all, we went on 5 different rides, and I dropped well over $35 on them. Mind you, these were all “kiddie” rides, as my kids are only 3 ½ and 2 ½. Maybe I can see $3 a ride for a roller coaster or something like that, but $3 for the spinning bumble bee ride just seems unfair to me.
Although the rest of the fair was great, I sure hope the Fair organizers find it in their hearts to make the “kiddie” rides more affordable in the future. My kids had quite the meltdown when I had to drag them away from the rides as they screamed, crying “Buy some more tickets Daddy”. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t justify another $35 bucks to go on a few more rides, so we came home and fed our goats and chickens for free.
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There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff 
