The biggest party in the South? The North Carolina State Fair. Elizabeth and I pulled on our cowboy boots and spent an entire day eating fried food and watching potbelly pig races. We caught two great country concerts during the evenings, as well: Billy Currington and Jake Owen (um, I love Jake Owen now. He was the most precious. He brought a little girl up on stage--she crowd surfed from her father's shoulders to get there--and danced with her during a song. Then he said, "I can't wait 'til I have a little baby just like that." His whole personality was just friendly and available to the entire crowd. I loved it.) Anyway, back to the fair:
We tried to hit all the must-do, traditional state fair things. We ate candied apples and drank pink lemonade.
E grabbed some delicious corn on the cob.
They fry anything and everything. We not only saw fried cookie dough and fried kool-aid for sale, we also heard rumor of a stand offering fried sticks of butter. Gross.
But you can't go to the NC State Fair without eating something fried! So...
...I went for deep-fried Reeses' Peanut Butter Cups.
They were alright. I didn't keel over from a stuffed artery right away, so as long as I hit the gym every day next week, I'll probably be okay. I would have preferred, though, just a nice, melty reeses. Think: Kristen, campout, s'mores with peanut butter cups instead of Hershey chocolate slabs. Okay, back to the fair:
E bought this turkey leg, but it was huge and super salty, so we each tasted a little, but could finish it. Which surprised us because we saw several small children gnawing away at these babies throughout the day.
Of course, our favorite indulgence of the day was the classic: fresh icecream. Yum!
We also saw great exhibits, from period-dressed actors whittling tools from wood to an educational garden where you could plant and harvest fruit.
Elizabeth offering a caramel apple to the prize-winning steed.
This mama pig was unbelievably massive, and she couldn't get a respite from her squealing babies. This fascinated us for a full five minutes.
Giant pumpkins.
Giant watermelons.
We caught two of our friends out on a friendly date, waved from across the room, snapped their picture. Whatevs.
At night they had a fantastic fireworks show. We watched it after riding two crazy roller-coaster rides.
I love this girl. We have so much fun exploring our new home out here. Can't imagine country concerts and fried food on a stick without her!
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