COMPLETE - County Fair

County Fair Patch

Designed by: Sage

Order Info: Advantage Emblem S-0678

Associated Costs: $2 for the patch, cost of the fair

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Plan It

The fair is in town! Plan a day to go. Do you need to buy your ticket in advance?.  What things are there to do at this fair?  Check the weather and plan for it.  What supplies do you need to take with you? Do you need sunscreen?  Bug spray? Sunglasses? Rain coat?

Our Little Scout Troop had a field trip to the Wilson County Fair last weekend. I didn't get to go to that one, but I did help plan it. I looked through the fair's website and their catalog, and checked out the prices for all the activities. I also kept a close eye on the weather, and finally decided it was too hot for us to handle that day. But instead, I went with my polycule a few days later, when the weather was cooler - but also rainier!

Do It

It’s time for the fair!   Go enjoy the fair with other Scouts or friends.  Bring your ticket, money, and anything else you might need.  Explore everything you can and ride whatever rides you want!

I made the trip to the fair with the three other members of my polycule, all of whom are also part of our Scout Troop. Me and Sarah bought ride wristbands; the other two didn't. And we spent most of our time there riding rides. Also eating junk food. And we did get to go through a couple of the barns. One was the 'Birthing Barn', where there were several momma goats and pigs and cows with their babies, and a horse and some goats that were pregnant but due any time. There was one horse that looked like she might be foaling that night; she looked so uncomfortable, and we bet that she would wait for closing, when all the people would go away, to have her baby.

I went on a lot of rides with Sarah, more than I thought I'd be able to handle. The hardest for me was one I thought would be the easiest - a big boat that rocks back and forth. Mostly it was fun, until it got to the very peak of its arc, and then the gravity shifting got to me just for the very top bit, four or five turns. The one that was the most fun was the Indy-500 ride, which I thought might be a little dull at first. But it went really fast, and you had to lean into the turns to keep from getting bumped around. I rode it once by myself and again sharing a car with Sarah. Both times were a lot of fun.

I was disappointed in the food, mostly. I had a chicken kabob that was really good, but also cost $8. I also had an orange snowcone, which was fine, but the one I was really looking forward to was the deep-fried Snickers, our favorite treat ever. The batter on it was great, but the candy bar was still frozen inside, and hard to eat. Deep-fried Snickers are supposed to be all melted and gooey inside the batter; that's what makes them great. Frozen is not so great.

Share It

Talk with your fellow scouts or friends afterwards.  What was your favorite part? What could you have prepared for better?  Did you get to see and do everything you wanted to?

One of my favorite moments was when Preston finished his funnel cake, and pretended he was going to dump his plate of powdered sugar on me. So I popped the plate from below, and covered him instead!

We definitely did not get to see everything we wanted to, there just wasn't enough time! Also, we did so much walking, and were really ready to go by the time we finished the midway. There was a pioneer village with smithies that we would like to have seen, and more animals somewhere, and probably a whole lot of other things. It would be better to have had a whole day, but we had fun with the part we did get!