The County Fair

There are some things that you do from your childhood and you continue to enjoy them, they make you smile and they make you feel like a kid inside. Last night we went to the county fair. It was a warm summer night, with smells of the barns, vapors of fair food and sounds of the animals, and people of all ages having fun. The Boone County Fair was very nice. It had the cleanest Midway and the "Carneys" were all in clean, yellow shirts. They certainly were a different caliber of people than we had at the Coles County Fair back home. I grew up in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. We made potholders to raise funds for when the fair came to town. My Mom entered many items in the arts and craft part of the fair. As a kid, I won many ribbons on the projects she helped me enter. The fair was a major part of our summer. While I loved the animals, people, arts and crafts and the homemade lemonade, there were a few things missing that I have in my memories about the fair. There was no Black Walnut Taffy, no Bingo, no sulki horse races, no cows and no Vinegar French Fries. Everything else was great. If you know of a fair with the missing elements, please email me!