A lovely Saturday was had by all … at least us two! We arose leisurely, had coffee, then lunch at the Oswego Grill. Then we drove about 30 miles south to Salem, where we attended the Oregon State Fair. Memories of childhood abounded, at least for me, since Debbi did not have the chance to attend the Great Frederick Fair. I remember being the luckiest kid in the world when I found $10 on the ground in the parking lot in about 1970. I rode every ride that day!
Pictures are below, but here are impressions.
- Great 4-H and FFA involvement from all over the state. Cows, pigs, goats, chickens and HORSES! Oregon is a very agricultural state, and it seemed every county was represented by either a FFA chapter, 4-H club, or a riding club, or some combo. Seemed like most of the horse people were twelve year old girls, but what twelve year old girl hasn’t loved Black Beauty?
- Just like in North Carolina, you could buy nearly any food deep-fried. We didn’t try any.
- Lots of usual rides. We didn’t try any. After fried Oreos, the tilt-a-pukes are the most dangerous things for us oldsters.
- Loved the textile submissions. We saw some of the same quilts here that were at the Sisters quilt show in Bend, in July.
- Not too many equipment vendors, like all the Farmall tractors at the GFF, but Kubota and Bobcat had a display.
Jim stopped at the booth for the American Cribbage Congress to play a game. Lost (but only!) because the other player had better cards.
