Ross County Fair...

I think the Ross County Fair is the best county fair in the state.  Maybe it is because it is the fair that I have grown up going to....When I was a little girl, my Dad would take us out to the fair on Chillicothe day and we would go through all the exhibit buildings and see all the animals.

There is only one of these buildings left.
It now exhibits antique collections, which is very interesting.

Then we would get to ride a ride.  What a fun time.  When I had my daughter and had moved back to Ross County, I had a 4H group and we camped out at the fair for almost 10 years.  Now my daughter has 3 children of her own and we all went out to the fair.....

We went out early before the crowds.  You can't see the race track anymore...as you can see the large fence now surrounding it.

No one here...love to walk around when no one or very few are up  and out.  We use to love to get breakfast.











Pigs, Cows and Sheep, Oh My

All the barns are so nice now.  Easy to walk through and enjoy the livestock.









And of course the petting....a must for any kid....

There is now hand sanitizer around the barns to clean those hands off after touching every goat, sheep, cow, pig in those barns.....

As we walked from the livestock barns to the rabbit barn, we noticed that the trailer park area had street signs....

That all the roads were paved and each with their own street name...when we camped to find our trailer....
it is the 4 road from the horse barn..turn at the blue trailer and we are the 3rd on right from the one with the flag....LOL....One could get lost and many times I did....LOL.....

The Rabbit and Chicken barn.....

Rooster, chickens,











                             Beautiful Turkey...

and ducks....and of course more petting!!!!

Then the rabbits...

My daughter tells her daughter about when she showed rabbits for 4H at the fair....lots of memories and good times...

Still has a good friend's name of the row of Champions in the Rabbit barn!

Then a stop at the horse barn...

Now to the Home Arts building...

 My favorite...so many different things to see..
there are paintings, photography, needle point, collections, gift wrapping, jewelry making, wood making, and so much more to see....



                    Quilts and Canning

I love the old dishes on display too.

Now to the Flowers and school building...

Flowers for the flower show judging...the schools along the side walls.

 This was a cute tea cup with flowers exhibit.

 These are peacock eggs... I had never seen any before...

All kinds of vegetables and even hay!

                                          Some winners....

We had such a good time that we went back a second day and this time took the twins so they could ride some rides!

So through the tunnel we went again...

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First the boys had to have tattoos!!!!

 So many to choose from.....

The twins picked the red truck....

And the carousel....

My granddaughter picked the ride I always picked and think is my favorite to this day!!!!!

   The Round-up....

The in the Commercial building we got everyone bags from the Library table and filled it with 

goodies....pencils, rulers, tablets, key chains, bracelets....such wonderful treasures to look at when we get home.......

But the two best things about the fair is the food!  All kinds and the smell can drive me crazy!

But somehow we make a decision as to what we want to eat, and eat, and well maybe take some home, to eat later! LOL

 On a hot day.....yummy

This one is eating a fried candy bar! OH MY

and now the other best thing about the fair........
                Is running into friends, some you haven't seen in a while and some you might have just saw yesterday!!!!!

 Friends from school.....

Friends that use to be neighbors and had moved away...

Friends you might have worked with.....

 The Caboose wasn't open when we were there....

We had a wonderful time at the Fair this year....and looking forward to next year with my daughter and grandchildren....