The Fair At Night
Each night of the fair there is some sort of headlining attraction in the Grandstand and arena. Last night it was a Bull-a-Rama, mounted shooting, and a rodeo clown that had impressive dance skillz. After a long second day of livestock showing, plus a run home to the farm for laundry detail and other adulting endeavors, I might have to admit that I wasn't really feeling too fair-stive. However, I still observed some things that I feel duty bound to report.
As I was sitting in the bleachers a curious phenomena began to unfold. Flocks of creatures started gathering near the stock chutes to the left of me. In between the bullrides I found my gaze drawn to the fascinating display of species courtship that was occurring to my left. For every midriff bearing, snap chatting juvenile female in attendance, there was no less than three males posturing around her. I got to see two-step dancing masterfully completed in the gravel, no small amount of almost mammary gland exposures, and enough hair tosses to win at least one Guinness world record.
One kid with satellite dish-like protruding ears really won my admiration regarding his persistence of his bleached blonde hair, arena-dust covered goddess. He perched on a pen rail and hung on her every, non directed at him word like jackal on a zebra femur in the middle of a pack of hyenas. That kid's going places, just probably not with her.
I was thankful to all the youths for providing me intermission entertainment, although I probably didn't need it, for I was surrounded by about 20 teenagers of my acquaintance, and they all were as vociferous as a bunch of goats. They did make a great choir though when the rodeo clown led the entire crowd in a sing-a-long that started with Don't Stop Believing and ended with Sponge Bob Square Pants Good Times.
After the rodeo, my husband announced the need for an elephant ear. He contracts this affliction every year at fair time, poor thing. As the best pieces of fried dough the size of a portly pachyderm's hearing appendage were located on the opposite side of the fairgrounds, we got to stroll through the human detritus that is the fair at night.
Other than excessive packs of hormonal conjugating and posturing adolescents, most people in attendance were engaged in the fine art of fair food consumption. Ears of roasted butter dripping corn flowed by me, and my awareness list of food on a stick increased. Deep fried apple pie on a stick! With caramel!
Elephant ear procured, we sauntered back to our trailer. On the way back I stopped and said good evening to my new friend Mule-ssolini. a Percheron mule of fantastic size and dictatorial disposition, I grew a great affinity for the tyrant when I first stopped to say hi on Wednesday. He unapologetically confiscates his partner's hay and basks in the food deprived discomfort that he causes. This particular animal has a jug head the size of my entire body, and every inch of that skull seeths arrogance. Love that mule.
This morning I get to go volunteer in the 4H food booth. I can honestly say there isn't anything as fun as being thrown into a commercial kitchen wth a bunch of tired parents who have no idea what's going on. It should be a smashingly good time!
And as always, all of the images in this post were snapped on the author's blinded from beholding a 350lb rodeo clown twerking to Beyoncé in a leotard iPhone.
Additional fair-explanatory addendum of infinite sympathy: All this week's posts are being composed, formatted, and posted on my phone. My apologies regarding any lackluster-ness.
Hmmmm... I've never heard of Elephant Ears before... and I do love fairs!
I wonder if it's a northwest thing? I've never seen them in SoCal... :O
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Never heard of Elephant Ears? Well I must say friend, you just haven't lived yet till you have had such pleasure!
I can only imagine! :D
You never had a huge 2 foot chunk of fried dough that is dusted with cinnamon and sugar! The sacrilege! You are definitely going to have to hit the PNW during fair season sometime my friend, if only for that reason alone, lol!
Beautiful fair indeed :)
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Glad to hear you have been enjoying yourself. You are making me jealous, I still have to wait another month for my fair.
I'm sorry you have to wait, I'll go eat something deep fried in your honor😀!
Thank you! Make it something good.
Oh us males just cant help ourselves! We are like salmon thrashing against the rocks when a "bleached blonde hair, arena-dust covered goddess" is involved lol.
That whole scene still cracks me up when I think about it! LOL! Poor kid, he was in hormonal overdrive!
Love the descriptive Generiview of the yout's doing their absolute best in the 'heat' of summer. I sure miss all that. NOT.
Your spirit animal is a classic. That is an impressive looking head, all the way up to the pointy little topknott part. Never seen that before...then again, I don't have that many mule friends.
Sounds like you are having a blast at the Fair. I missed it here this year, and with it, the beloved elephant ears. One ear a year is about all I can physically afford, but it's something to look forwards to. Simple pleasures for we folk of like description, I suppose. Well GK, have a most wonderful night. (When does the Fair end, and you return back to a 'normal' Gpumpkin'?)
"'heat' of summer" Heh, I see what you did there, lol!
I loved getting to spend a bit of time conversing with Mule-ssolini, he was a great example of one of the smartest creatures on this planet. My grandpa raised appaloosa mules, and they taught me all sorts of lessons, many of them in patience.
The fair ended last night, I didn't get home til ten, and I still can't breath after the great 4H hog barn cleanup. there were drill guns a screaming, cages a stacking, and well utilized pine shavings being a scoopin. Oh joy. They wouldn't even let us into the building til after 8, I bet all the moms were wishing their offspring would clean their rooms as fast as that barn was squared away!
It is good to be home, I completely cleaned out the home on wheels this morning, posted today, and I think I am going to take a nap. This Kat is exhaustikated.
Oh! And as much bike riding that you engage in, I feel like you could have multiple elephant ears a day and be okay, lol!
I'm not sure riding my bike to the moon would burn off a whole pile of those fried 'things'. But MAN, they taste good going down.
Sounds like a truly exhausting afFair. Glad you survived. That is amazing you have to work so fast undoing the industrio-pigstye. I'm pretty sure if you call the kids pigs, they won't clean up any faster in the room at home. Possibly the opposite ( :
My friend that I wrote the article years ago on the tricycle has a mule. She LOVES him. So gentle. And smart. But like you say, I think a bit stubborn, maybe. I haven't been formally introduced yet. Someday soon. Well, hope the farmstead is treating you well. Have a nice night.
Wow...I think this is amazing exeperience for our kids...wel done my dear friend @generikat
Smart work wuth smart post...
Cheers..
Thank you @dinisanda! I am just now catching up with comments, the fair is finally over!
It's a wonder you or your magical iPhone can function after such wondrous wallowing.
All those adolescencents were singing the Beyoncé tune as well I imagine. 😄
My iPhone has been twerking a bit since that infamous sighting. Poor thing needs lens bleach me thinks, lol!!
The youths were very vociferous, but they also knew some old songs, color me impressed!
What a strong and fantastic beast your spirit animal is! :)
I googled elephant ear since it sounded very intriguing. Mmm looks and sounds delicious.
I love draft horses and mules, they are massive yet so gentle. Of course the tyrannical one was my favorite, but he was always happy when I stopped by to give him a scratch, so there's that😊
I think I might need to get a traveling elephant ear food truck and hit the road, there are a lot of people that have never enjoyed the ear sized fried dough delight!
Your people-watching tales left me chuckling! And thanks for including the photo of the now-famous Mule with an Attitude.
Yay! I am glad to elicit a chuckle or two with my ramblings, and I was doubly glad that you and JT got to drop by for a fair visit! That was great!
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