Back in 1981
California State fair, 1981, my sister Carol and I took my sons Philip 4 and Steven 18 months to the fair. It was a wonderful summer day in August; the weather wasn't too hot it was actually a perfect day in sunny Southern Calif. We decided to see the animals first, while the morning was fresh and we felt like walking. The boys were full of chatter about what's this and what's that pointing to everything. I could tell this day was going to be one full of memories.We went to see the pigs among other animals, from pen to pen, we walked looking at all of the fat pigs, we wandered up and down every isle, amazed that pigs could be so clean. There were white ones, brown ones and a couple of them had baby piglets squealing around in the pen. They were so cute. The boy's eyes grew larger it seemed with every oink or squeal. We saw the sheep barn; all the sheep had been shorn, I guess they sell the wool and grade it for the 4-H club, but they sure looked like they were naked. Next was the goat shed oh my, did that stink! It was hard to believe that the pig barn smelled better. Nevertheless, we saw all of the goats; Nubians and Alpines were the main breeds for milk production in goa
ts. Then off we went to see the cow shed, which were all bulls to be sold for beef at a 4H auction. We were amazed at how much money these animals were sold. Some of the beef sold in the thousands of dollars and the 4H-er's use the money they get to purchase their next years entry. Next, we went to see all the birds they were squawking and flying around in there cages. There were pigeons of every kind, some with feathers all over their feet and others that looked like normal pigeons, but they too had some long fancy name. We wandered around the fairgrounds for most of the day riding the rides, laughing, and being silly. We played the carnival games, although we didn't win anything there, they seem so hard especially for Philip, even though he gave it a grand effort, shooting the ducks I don't think he hit any but it was fun. We didn't want to try the dime toss as we didn't want to carry anything more than we had to. Our little group traveled the pathways winding along, from one booth to the to the next, we ate cinnamon rolls, cotton candy, and candied apples and sampled everything I thought I would surely die from all of the junk food we indulged in. That day earned hi
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