County Fair: Day Four

Day four was a much slower day at the fair. All of the showing is done and there isn't much entertainment in the exhibition building the last few days. But today had one last big event for the youth - the auction.

Up til a few years ago the buyer actually bought the animal from the 4-H student. Now they just give the person a check and the student gets to keep the animal too. What a deal. I'm hoping most of the kids put the money back (well, I hope the parents do) and save it for college or something.

It was really encouraging to see the community support the students and make the auction really fun to watch. Some of the students came out rather well :)

Then I met up with Amy and the boys to look at Floral Hall and the school projects. Floral Hall has all the other entries. People put in plants, photos, produce, paintings, flowers and a lot more. Its always fun to walk around and look at the talent we have in the community. I'm thinking about entering something next year - we'll see.

One last item: the tickets for the rides at the carnival are $2/each or $15/wristband. $2 to slide down an inflatable slide - no thank you