Doin' the Puyallup...

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Our Western Washington fair is going on—the Puyallup Fair. On the school's fair day, we cut the work day short, picked up Connor from school, and swung out to get Patty and headed off to enjoy the day there.

As some of you know, Patty, understandably has not been able to get out of the house much. We were so happy she was up for coming along. We borrowed a travel chair of my mom's, which worked out wonderfully for her. It allowed her to let us (mostly Brett) push her around the fairgrounds from A to B comfortably.

Connor and I split off and rode some of the rides. He's a bit reserved about his choice in which ones to go on—he's not as adventurous and risky as me, which is just fine; we still had fun! Our last ride was The Monster. This was a real spinny ride, so needless to say that one did me in.

The fair is mostly about the food. The scones are always popular, along with the burgers, Krusty Pups and Cow Chip cookies. Every year it is pretty much the same, except for the cost... it's always going up! Then you have the usual peddlers selling their wares, wheeling and dealing some product they're trying to reel you in on that you can't live without. While we didn't get to see the rodeo (maybe next year) we did catch a little side clown show that was kinda cute, so I have some pictures of that in the slideshow.

I will be heading out the fair again with my colleagues from work. This trip is good for me because I can go on the scarier rides. Look for more pictures on that trip to be posted soon...

REVISION 9/20/2008: The fair visit with my colleagues was canceled due to the market crash on 9/16. Completely understood, but that's what happens when you work in the financial services industry.