Took Myself Down to the Fair

Today I took myself down to the fair. It was in a place called Dundas in P.E.I. We have a Dundas as a borough of Hamilton, so, this was kind of fun. Dundas here is nothing more than a dot on a map. However, they have open fields and barn buildings so it turns into a fair grounds. It is an overcast day with the possibility of rain, hence the photos aren’t the greatest.

Admission is $10.00 for adults and off I go. Park in the grass, and head off for an afternoon of fun. I check out the craft and food building first. (Yeah, there’s a surprise!) I see all the typical food stuff entries; banana bread, white bread, cookies, cakes, pies, etc. All with their prize ratings in each category. No sampling though. Next up is the knitwear. They have different categories for each age group. Many entries are from the local 4-H clubs. Next up are the quilts. There are some lovely quilts and they have a raffle for one that I just have to enter.

Outside I head over to the cattle barn. They have a show going on so we can’t go into the barn. I check out the show for a while. I have no idea a champion cow or bull from a loser. They all look big, lethargic and make mooing sounds. (I’m such a farmer!) However, other people know and the spectators look to be very interested. I’m sure that this is more for bragging rights at the local restaurant than anything else.

Next up are the horses. These are my favourites. I head to the barn but they have all the horses head side in, so all we get to see are the rear ends. That’s no fun! I’m not going anywhere near the rear end cause they might get spooked, kick out and there goes my vacation. So I take a seat in the stands and watch the different categories being judged. Once again, I have no idea which horse is good or bad, I just think they are pretty! (Good thing I’m not judging, they’d all win!)

I head over to the food building and get your typical fair food: hotdog, fries and a water. After a quick lunch I head over to where the little kids are participating in different categories of riding. First up they have a poles competition. These little riders (4-6 yrs. old) are so cute being lead around by there parent through the poles. Next up was the older kids (8-10?). They were one there own and some of them just flew on their horses. It was amazing that they could control an animal that was easily 100 times their weight.

After this I headed over to where they were doing plowing demonstrations. The first one was with a team of horses the second one was with tractors. I personally think that the horses were cuter. They were also a lot quieter.

Well, that’s it for today. I leave tomorrow for Nova Scotia. More tales to come!Leggi altro