NC State Fair

Since we moved to NC we have heard all about the state fair. Lucky for us we live about 1 mile away from the fairgrounds. My mom and I had never been to any kind of fair before so we didn't know what to expect. I was actually really surprised on how clean it was and everything was put together nicely. We watched some lambs get judged, Kenyan acrobats, an acrobatic family, pig racing and walked around some booths. We also found some of the best BBQ that we have had here. We loved it so much we almost made Andrew go back the next day to the fair just to get it. haha

The biggest highlight of the fair was the fact that it was a "Southern" fair. They had deep fried EVERYTHING. We waited till the end of the night to try some. I had deep fried Samoa girl scout cookies, my mom had a red velvet funnel cake, and Andrew wins for the strangest one, reeses wrapped in bacon. Let's just say around the second and third bite he was regretting his decision. My mom and I just sat back and were laughing at him.

Another southern charm was the tobacco stringing. It has been weird living in a state where one of the top crops produced is tobacco. They just had tobacco sitting out and were teaching kids how they string it and let it dry and then eventually turn it into tobacco. We were very fascinated by it all. I forgot to snap a picture.

It was a really fun night and a great first "fair" experience for me. Since we live so close we got to relive it every night with fireworks at 9:45 right on the dot.