Even with all of the turmoil with my new job, Steve and i did manage to get out for some fun this summer, including a day spent at the Ohio State Fair.
Here are a few pictures from the day:
The Giant Man Eating cardinal at the front gate. The cardinal is the state bird of Ohio, in case you were wondering.
The Main Gate.
One of the old exhibit buildings. There are two like one, both built in the early 1900s, and still in use.
Iron Weed flowers in the prairie exhibit. Ohio was once mostly covered by prairie land, and there is a movement to bring some of it back. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has planted a small prairie inside the fairgrounds.
Giant, creepy, Smokey the Bear. There's a ODNR employee inside the thing, talking to the kids through a microphone.
The midway.
The Ferris Wheel. No, we don't ride anything. Something about large machinery that is taken apart and put back together on a regular basis makes us both a little nervous.