Ultimate Night of Destruction

This past Saturday I met up with Jackie, Karen, Charles, Jeff, & Karin to head out to the America's fair for the second time in four days. We were going to spend the day walking around and then in the evening go to the grandstand to watch a Bus demolition derby and some other Crazy 8 car races.
We arrived at the fair around 12:30pm and headed over to the pig & goat barns to meet up with Vince. We then went into the Cow maternity ward and were able to see a jersey cow receive an ultrasound. The veterinarian who performed the ultrasound said he does 40,000 a year. I figured it out and it averages out to be 110 ultrasounds a day. How would you like a job where you got to stick your hand and arm up a cows butt all day long? I will stick with my job of working with figures.
After the cow barn some of us went through a candy tent where a lot of the old fashioned candy was sold. Charles was just like a kid in a candy store. 0h, wait! We were in a candy store :-)
We then did a little bit more walking around the fair with a stop at the main food vendors where people got french fries, chicken pitas, chicken on a stick and other fun food. The food was delicious. At least I thought it was good.
Vince & Charles found some pink cowboy hats that they insisted they try on. Very interesting! What do you think?
At one point we passed the hot tubs and Jeff insisted that Jackie buy one. Karin got into the conversation and then the sales rep also came over and told Jackie all the finer points of owning a hot tub. The salesman was good. Jackie is mulling it over. Check back next summer.
We walked through the Ag Center and then we went and watched the Peking Acrobats. The show was a little bit different than the one I saw on Wednesday. It was the first time for some of those with me. It is always neat to see the expressions of those who have never seen the show.
Around 5:30pm Christopher & Phil met up with us. We then grabbed something to eat before entering into the Grandstand to watch the derby. How crazy is it to watch at least 6 buses try to crush one another? It was crazy. We each had our favorites.
The derby was interesting and scary at times. The bus who won made the 2nd to last bus start on fire. The guys were ecstatic with joy while the girls were screaming for the driver to get out of the bus. All in all it was a good day.
Until next time!
Blessings to You~~