Day #199

Riding on the Ohio State Fair Sky Ride.

A memorable trip to the Ohio State Fair.

It has been quite a few years since I have been to the Ohio State Fair. Kristi, Wendy and her Mom decided to take a trip to IKEA for a shopping trip.

Me.. I decided to take the kids to the fair. But we didn't tell Kristi where we would be going. I just sent random photos from my phone to her, so she could try to guess.

I use to go to the fair with my mom when I was in grade school & Middle school. It was usually our summer time together before school started. And we always had a great time. The butter cow, the Phil Donahue show. And I even got to see Fritz The night Owl! It was a great and special time with my mom. So I knew I would get to relive a lot of memories from my childhood and create new ones with my kids!

We absolutely had a great time! We headed straight for the ODNR part of the fair, which was always my favorite. I Loved the Hank Peters Lumberjack Show and Fishing, even though I never caught anything, and the BB gun range. We watched the Great Lakes Lumberjack show.

Nathan was tall enough to do the kayak pond. Then it was off to do the fishing. Now I fished there every year that I went with my mom, and I never caught a thing! Nathan on the other hand is there for his first time fishing and with in 5 minutes he catches the largest catfish of the day at about 15 inches. Leah got to fly a airplane simulator or the Wright brothers plane. She fished too, but carried on my tradition of not catching anything. We then went over to see Smokey the Bear. The kids were very surprised when they walked up to Smokey and they knew their names. As a parent I now know the secret to that. But like my mom.... I will keep that secret to myself. The kids can figure it out when they take their kids to see Smokey.

And of course there was the trip to see the butter cow and get some Ice Cream. A walk through the dairy barn. A walk through the "As Seen on tv" building, you know, miracle car wax, super floor polish, the best pots and pans ever, with a free knife set! UGH.. Then we went to the Technology Education building, when I was a kid it was to go play on the computers. But now its about robots, building stuff the LEGO train set. The kids even got to build a rocket out of a drink straw and launch it! It was a nice place to hang out. it was quiet and air conditioned. Then it was time to start to head back to the car. we were going to meet the girls for dinner at Olive garden. So we started back. A quick stop to the arts and crafts to check out the photography section, meh, it was OK. Then a quick walk through the Civil War camp, and they got their Photo with Abraham Lincoln.

All in all it was a great day. Not to hot. The kids were having a fun time and I was having a fun time watching them.

Oh by the way. Kristi Did figure out where we were by the sky ride photo. And I did fish with the kids and no I didn't catch a single thing. Ohio State Fair winning, Clint still - 0.

A gallery of the day can be found here.