The view down towards all the rides!
A view of just a few of the food stores!
Yesterday we went to the San Diego Fair which for all you Aussies is what we call the show! It was very much the same as what you get in Australia, and John and I had a good time. One of the exciting things of the day for me was that I got to ride in one of those yellow school buses that you see in the movies!! We didn't want to have to pay for parking so the fair was providing parking elsewhere to help with traffic congestion, so we went to a high school close by, parked the car there and caught the bus! The excitement of the bus ride lasted till I had to squeeze my long legs into a seat made for a child! At least now I can say that I've been on a yellow school bus!!
A view of just a few of the food stores!
The last few days have been really hot here, so we went to the fair in the late afternoon in an effort to keep cool. Most of you know that I don't do well in the heat, but I managed to stay cool and hydrated and made it through. I didn't get to look at too many animals though because their smell combined with the heat and my sensitive nose it got a little too much! I did go and see some pig races which was a lot of fun. They had pigs in all different sizes, and they would race around the track to get an Oreo cookie. They also had this tiny little piglet who could swim. He was really cute.
A little touch of home!!
The other funny/weird part of the fair was all the food. The Americans seem to have this strange fascination with deep fat frying food and some of the things they were selling there were deep fried Twinkies (you know those little cream filled cakes), deep fried spam, deep fried frog legs and deep fried zucchini just to name a few. I stayed away from it all! I had to laugh when I saw a stall that was called "Australian Battered Potatoes"! They had Australian flags flying and everything. On closer inspection it looked like what we call potato cakes, which maybe Australian, but they smother them in either this melted cheeses sauce thing or ranch dressing which are totally not Australian!! I had fun looking at everything.
The other funny/weird part of the fair was all the food. The Americans seem to have this strange fascination with deep fat frying food and some of the things they were selling there were deep fried Twinkies (you know those little cream filled cakes), deep fried spam, deep fried frog legs and deep fried zucchini just to name a few. I stayed away from it all! I had to laugh when I saw a stall that was called "Australian Battered Potatoes"! They had Australian flags flying and everything. On closer inspection it looked like what we call potato cakes, which maybe Australian, but they smother them in either this melted cheeses sauce thing or ranch dressing which are totally not Australian!! I had fun looking at everything.
John and I at the end of the day!
So John is getting the painting done around the house. He's completed the baby room, Dakota's room, Dakota's bathroom and the bathroom down stairs. This week he's planning on doing our computer room and bedroom, so I'm probably going to be sleeping downstairs for a couple of days. My plan now is to show you pics once it's all done because we have stuff all over the place. John's been warning me for a few days now that I'm going to be without the computer for a few days so I'm not looking forward to that! See you all when I'm back on-line!
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