A few miles from our home a Fall Fair is held every year. It is held between an apple orchard and a pumpkin farm next to a Christmas Tree farm.They were having pumpkin tosses, face painting, hay wagon rides, horse and buggy rides, horseback rides, scarecrow building events, apple tasting, wine tasting, cider tasting and events for the little kids to take part in.
There were adorable Alpacas that were so cute, and a place where sweaters, hats and scarves made from Alpacas could be bought. There were several goats, and a booth where goat cheese and other edible goodies made with goats milk could be had. Did you know that people make SOAP from goats milk? (I didn't!)
There were fresh doughnuts being made on the spot-----they were just scrumptious! What a difference from the kind you get in a box on the grocery store shelves!
There are booths of every kind, crafts, needlework, jewelry, country garb, hats of all kinds, maple goodies, jams and jellies, freshly made doughnuts and fried dough (as I mentioned), and many others I know I have forgotten. Live bands perform and the highlight (for me) is the 1/2 roast chicken on an outdoor pit. I sucked down a vanilla and caramel iced coffee in record time (hubby said YUCK when he tasted it!) to wash down my chicken....ahhh...I LOVE Fairs like these!
They were booking wagon rides to ride over to the apple picking area (boy was THAT bumpy!!!) The huge parking lots (farm fields) were filled really early on, and I was surprised at how many people had come from all over the place! I was chatting with one of the guys getting folks on and off these rides when another guy came up and stared chatting. After he left, the first guy asked me if I knew "who that was"....I didn't. It seems his last name was Shortslef (I think it was Jeff or Josh) and t seems that he is a pitcher for Pittsburg! He was recruited right out of high school and lives right across the road from where this fair was being held!!
The weather could not have been more perfect---in the 70's and clear with a great blue sky, and when I looked around, all the folks seem to be really enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of upstate New York!
For a dinky little village in a remote area....I thought it was a pretty impressive little Fair.....and I for one, am all "appled out" and won't be wanting chicken or any doughnuts for a while, either, haha! I'd say it's about time for a nap!
Anyone else have a hometown fair or a carnival kinda thing that YOU have enjoyed this summer?
hugs,
Annie