Brian and I made a point to visit the State Fair of Texas this year since we hadn't been before. I had gone to the fair for work purposes 2 years ago, but never got to just enjoy the fair. We are glad that we went, because we had a great time.
Our first stop was the dog show. They had all kinds of dogs doing all kinds of tricks, diving into pools, catching frisbies and racing over hurdles. There was even a dog that did a handstand on its front legs in the palm of the trainer's hand, then proceeded to walk on its two front legs across the arena. It was pretty humorous.
After the show, we wandered around for a while, looking at all the crazy deep fried foods and food on sticks. We definitely got a little of each. Brian tried a famous Fletcher's Corny Dog (which he didn't rave about) and then we tried deep fried jalapeno poppers (delicious), a deep fried latte (disappointing...it wasn't deep fried) and deep fried cheesecake (amazing).
We tried to get deep fried cookie dough, but I guess Oprah had the same idea because she was at the food stand filming for her show that they were shooting at the fair the next day. We couldn't even see the counter so after trying to catch a glimpse of her, we cut our losses and went on without it. Next time around I think the cookie dough will be a must, as well as deep fried guacamole or queso.
And no, we didn't just eat the whole time. We wandered through the car show, livestock barn and the kid's petting zoo. We were definitely a couple of big kids in the petting zoo trying to get up-close and personal with the giraffe, ostrich, zebra and Brian's favorite the Joey/baby kangaroo ... as well as tons of other cool animals.
We even took a private tour of the Cotton Bowl. It was pretty neat to hear the history and get access to all the private locations like the press box, locker rooms and down on the field.
It was definitely a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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