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The Arizona State Fair
Sunday we went to the Arizona State Fair. We took our sisters and met Uncle Larry and Dave there. It was quite an experience! We ate ice cream that was speed-frozen using nitrogen, Chinese food, and cotton candy the size of your head (actually bigger...see pic below).
We saw an elephant and camel up close. We speculated about the miniature horse that you had to pay $1 to see. The sign outside said, "Could this be the smallest horse?" and "Too small for a baby to ride!" We walked through the commercial building and listened to an Asian man try to sell us a food chopper/slicer/salsa maker. We walked through the fairway and were offered a stuffed animal to play a carnival game...even if we didn't win!
The BIG event was the DEMOLITION DERBY!! We took Mary last year to see it, and just couldn't resist going again (this may be a Chang family tradition). It was tons of fun...working out aggression by living vicariously through some really beat up junkie cars. Where else do you get to watch a bunch of crashes, fires, and revving engines and not have road rage?! This dying sport (they just don't make cars like they used to) was a blast to watch. They even have rules - no hitting the driver's side, and three fires, you're out!
This was the big fun for the weekend. Thanks to the AZ State Fair for polluting my lungs, sugar-coating my insides, and making it a memorable day for all. :)
Oh yeah - I can't forget to mention the numerous foods we found that you could buy deep fried and on a stick (see pics below).
We saw an elephant and camel up close. We speculated about the miniature horse that you had to pay $1 to see. The sign outside said, "Could this be the smallest horse?" and "Too small for a baby to ride!" We walked through the commercial building and listened to an Asian man try to sell us a food chopper/slicer/salsa maker. We walked through the fairway and were offered a stuffed animal to play a carnival game...even if we didn't win!
The BIG event was the DEMOLITION DERBY!! We took Mary last year to see it, and just couldn't resist going again (this may be a Chang family tradition). It was tons of fun...working out aggression by living vicariously through some really beat up junkie cars. Where else do you get to watch a bunch of crashes, fires, and revving engines and not have road rage?! This dying sport (they just don't make cars like they used to) was a blast to watch. They even have rules - no hitting the driver's side, and three fires, you're out!
This was the big fun for the weekend. Thanks to the AZ State Fair for polluting my lungs, sugar-coating my insides, and making it a memorable day for all. :)
Oh yeah - I can't forget to mention the numerous foods we found that you could buy deep fried and on a stick (see pics below).
posted by House of Chang | 9:03 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Changs! I had to comment about the minature horse. We had a similar experience when we went to the Dallas County Fair last year. Scott Copeland (from JFP) was visiting us at the time, so he can vouch for this. Unlike you guys, we were suckered into paying the $1 to see "Tiny Tim--the World's Smallest Horse." We were thinking he would be the size of a rabbit or something, but were very dissapointed to discover he was actually about the same size as a Shetland pony. Needless to say we were bummed and vowed never to fall prey to such trickery again. ;)
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