Tulsa State Fair

Well, the Tulsa State Fair has come and gone. Usually we go to fairs once, but because I love it so much, I went a second time just with Weston. Wheeeeeee! STATE FAIR!!!

Here's the recap:

Things we saw:
-A seal show in a tractor-trailer
-A lumberjack competition
-About a million fluffy, blow-dried cows, pigs, and goats (many with their own homemade goat outfits)
-A pig's attempted escape
-A petting zoo with zebras and an ostrich (??)
-Lots and lots of carnies
-The "world's largest sandbox" (maybe they've never seen the beach... this is Oklahoma, after all)
-Bubbles big enough to enclose me
-A stellar exhibit of plumber's cleavage
-A little girl puking into a trashcan right next to where we were eating

Things we did:
-Rode the skyride (gondola)
-Explored the shopping
-Avoided animal droppings left and right
-Yelled at some jerkwads in the parking lot
-Rode a camel
-Purchased some knock-off Star Wars paraphernalia
-Played with a huge assortment of lego blocks
-Poked not one but two bored tortoises
-Paid $8.00 to ride the ferris wheel

Things we ate:
-Indian taco
-Two sausage sandwiches
-Hot dog
-Cheeseburger
-Fries
-Funnel cake
-Fried oreos (against my better judgement)
-Three lemonades

Things we did NOT eat:
-Huge greasy turkey leg
-Cinnamon rolls the size of my head
-Fried pickles
-Fried butter
-Krispy Kreme donut burger
-Chocolate-covered cheesecake on a stick

Things we heard:
** “Look at all them kids, playin’ together. Racialism don’t come from the kids. It come from the parents.” - the friendly, snaggle-toothed, gray-hair-ponytail man, who went on to tell me that he was near perfecting his fried frozen lemonade recipe.
** “Remember when you ate a cigarette?” - sister to her younger brother, sharing our picnic table.
** “Tha’s good lemonade. I got 7.5 of ‘em in my car. I want ‘em.” - the creepy, slightly-retarded, wife-beater-tattoo-man next to me, waiting for his food.
** “Git over here!!” - pretty much everyone.
** “Actually, camels aren’t afraid of lightsabers.” - the extremely wise guy in charge of the camel rides (citing the camel's experience performing on stage with the Rockettes in NYC).
** “Where are y’all settin’ at?” “Ah, we’re jus’ wanderin’ 'round.” “Y’all watchin’ the concert?” “Yeah, but we ain’t settin’ nowhere, we’re just walkin’ ‘round.” – two dudes in the men’s room.

Things we photographed:

The Krispy Kreme donut burger stand:

Weston & Mommy on a camel:
Weston's lightsaber knock-off:

(The salesman told us that it alternated between seven different colors. It turns out that those colors are blue, green, blue, green, blue, green, and finally, flashing-blue-and-green.) :-)