Our saturday with Big Tex.... and 90,000 football fans

When Adam and I woke up Saturday morning to clear blue skies we thought...what a perfect day to go to the Texas State Fair - especially since it was the last weekend and they supposedly have the best fried foods around. Although we had heard that the Longhorns were playing the Sooners, which, I've been told is some big rivalry, we also thought, "ah, what the heck lets go anyway." So, having about 50 pounds of baby stuff and other paraphernalia, we set off for the train station.

Big mistake.

What should have been about a forty minute car ride turned out to be a two and a half hour train ride. Why you ask? Well, when you add about... oh, i don't know... a gazillion football fans who were an hour late to the football game, you're bound to have some delays. What i can't figure out is how having a train so full of people that you can't turn around, would cause it go so slowly that we could have walked faster. Bizarre...

After finally arriving and breaking away from already drunken college students, we finally arrived at the fair. I will admit we did not have any of the fried foods the Texas State Fair is so famous for (unless you count the funnel cakes). but hannah did have a foot-long corny dog (just a plain old corn dog to those of you who've never been to the fair). I had a grilled cheese - not spectacular but pretty good for fair-food. But we did have some of the best lemonade, though.

After we stuffed ourselves, we headed for the rides. Hannah, being the fearless child she is, wanted to ride everything she saw, even the ones way too big for a 4-year-old. We did take her in a fun-house, which was nothing more than walking up some funky stairs then going down a slide. Then a merry-go-round and a giant slide, that was a little too intimidating for my taste. After we'd worn ourselves out, we made our way to the exit, with a whole bunch of bummed-out Oklahoma fans - apparently they lost. We fought our way back onto the train and dragged our two sleeping children home.

All in all it was a fun experience, although I don't recommend going when the Cotton Bowl is filled with a huge college rivalry. And I wish i'd tried some of the deep fried peaches and cream and maybe the deep fried cookie dough. Here are some pictures from our day.





















Until next time...