All's Fair at the Fair

Today we went to Colorado's State fair in Pueblo. I had the most fun checking out the craft arts display, which included food (cakes, canned goods, cookies, etc...), quilts, dolls, and clothing. I didn't find any historical entries, and there didn't appear to be a cake decorating contest, much to my dissapointment.

Perhaps the most interesting discovery this year was "Mutton Bustin." This is apparently a common rodeo and fair sport where parents willingly let their 3-6 year olds get bucked off an unsuspecting sheep. Seriously -google this! None of the kids we saw actually rode the full six seconds, but there were a surprising number of 3 year olds that made a good showing. I counted at least four. There were also a few kids that bailed out once the got on the sheep and realized maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

Finally, we of course ate the mandatory fair food. This year's fattiest foods that we spotted were the fried oreo cookies, fried twinkies, and fried snicker bars. We opted out of those, but did go for a bratwurst with saurkraut and the mandatory funnel cake.