The Eyes of Texas are Upon You

Today we ventured out to enjoy the last day of the 2009 State Fair of Texas. This was the first sunny weekend we'd had in a while, so we shouldn't have been surprised to see what appeared to be at least half the population of Texas enjoying the sites, sounds, and smells of the fair as well. We wandered through the auto show and the natural history museum, spent a little time in the midway, saw some animals, enjoyed shows featuring singing and another featuring international dances, and, among being entertained in a variety of other ways, we ate (of course). We did wait in line for Fletcher's Corny Dogs instead of buying from the generic corn dog stand* with virtually no line, and it was well worth the wait. Turkey legs, fried pickles, carmel apples, and beer also made it on the menu. So worth every last calorie**.

*MN fair-goers: you've had this experience when opting to wait in the Pronto Pup line, yes?
**We opted out of tasting this year's newest fried delight: fried butter. Gross, I think. Still, as you can imagine, the lines for the treat (which comes in original, grape jelly, cherry, or garlic flavor) were long, long, long.

Midway = money well spent (ha!)

We avoided yesterday's Texas vs. OU game crowds, though there was still plenty of game-day excitement lingering in the air today.

Sara on Dad's shoulders outside of the natural history museum. She loves riding on his shoulders, but he can only take so much because she holds on to his hair for dear life ... makes for a sore head.

Sara was a total trooper at the fair. She took a short stroller nap, and was otherwise happy just looking around and riding with her feet up on the bar. We made note of the number of attractions that she'll really love by this time next year!