The West Virginia State Fair!
The food
Just to give you an idea of scale that is a 20 ounce soda behind those chips!
Oh no! Oh dear me NO!
Yes, that is a doughnut on bottom and another one on top with a giant burger with all the fixin’s in the middle. Wowza.
I ate a pear I picked this morning and a little later on a Luna bar and an apple. I also had a few bites of my sister’s piece of cheese pizza.
Tate saw someone chowing on one of these when we first arrived and…
Have I mentioned that my husband is not a vegetarian?
He ate about 4/5ths of the MEAT (and only complained a little about feeling ill from it 🙂 ) He recovered quickly from his meat coma.
Oh no, you can have the meat and dough but spare the vegetables!
This is more my scene, the prize-winning vegetables!
What makes a first place potato?
My niece and her BFF made this hilarious “funny produce” entry, it’s a yellow squash giving a pepper a tattoo! And they won first place!
Yep, that’s a wall of prize-winning hay…that’s West Virginia!
And so is this
I ADORE good ol’ WV, I really do. It’s just that I fit into the counter-culture much more than the mainstream around these parts and going to the State Fair is like stepping into a stereo-type.
The rides
My niece and sister got unlimited ride passes and went nuts!
I snuck on the last two rides with Zenya (well, actually the nice carnies let me on 🙂 ). It was fun but just two little rides made me a bit queasy.
We were there for 5 hours and by the time we got to the car I was hungry and my feets were tired! Time to hit the proverbial (prize-winning) hay, I will leave you with this,
Gracefulfitness 
Rachel and I thought of you at the indiana state fair on Sunday. We were pretty good, just had a pork sandwich and snuck in some fried pickles which we both shared. I had an ear of corn but I seriously could hacve done without the stick of butter melted on top. I have to admit I think we would have indulged a bit more if it weren’t for both of our husband’s face of disgust fog all the died food at the fair!
Luv reading your blog. I need the inspiration now that I got the green light to exercise from the doctor. I have 10 pounds I need to lose plus any extra to make sure I fit in my clothes again. My first day was yesterday so I walked 3 miles. Major improvement from just weeks ago when a block was a struggle. Abs are on the agenda everyday as are arms. Luckily baby Nico helps me out getting my arm workout. My arms are starting to look really toned without even trying.
I have to praise the benefitS of massage. I have developed carpel tunnel in both wrists and the are both pretty twisted from carrying the baby. Today i had a massage and felt a great release in one wrist Sweet satisfaction. Wishing I could do this everyday so I can feel normal again.
Im ready to get back to normal but I know that I will need all the inspiration possible. The csection recovery is not so easy. I have random strong pains still and the epidural location feels like a big bruise. This combbed with carpel tunnel in both wrists, havinga throat infection starting specifically the day I was told I can exercise and plus my sweet tooth is not a great combo. So thank you for the blog! I will check in often so I can get inspired to keep myself in check