Since next week is the Baxter County Fair in Mountain Home, Arkansas I started thinking about what the County Fair means to me:
Blocking off main street to watch the Fair Parade.
Remembering as a child when mama and daddy would get us kids dressed up to go have a good time.
Remembering going to the fair with my teenage friends without mama and daddy.
Reminder that fair time is usually the first time, since last winter for a light jacket as temperatures are now cooling down.
Usually get to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in a long time.
Seeing all the just bathed animals, with their shiny, groomed coats of fur.
Enjoying all the proud little, round, rosy cheeked, country kids so proud of their pet cow, pig, goat etc. (My little brother used to be one of them).
Remembrance of my mother volunteering to cook hamburgers and hot dogs at the Buford 4-H food booth (those were the BEST hamburgers and hot dogs... I can still see her there when I close my eyes).
Seeing all the winning ribbons that some will prize for a lifetime.
The midway... filled with laughter, screams and smells of cotton candy and funnel cakes.
The mystique of the Carnies' & their Gypsy lifestyles.
A place to go where everyone is smiling.
By now I thought you might want some information. So, here is the link that will have all the information regarding the events and time schedule of the Baxter County Fair. http://www.baxtercofair.com/
Now, come and join us and add your own to the list!
See you at the Baxter County Fair in Mountain Home, Arkansas!
