Good Times At the Fair

So yesterday Chris and I went to the Oregon State Fair and had SOOO MUCH FUN! I highly recommend it to everyone. First we walked through all the vendors and saw all the crazy stuff people sell. And yes, there were hot tubs! What's a fair without hot tubs? Then we saw all the livestock on show; there were: milking cows, horses, the Budweiser horses were there with all their garb, pigs with the BIGGEST testicles I have EVER seen on an animal, goats, chickens, bunnies, giant rabbits, roosters, pheasants, and doves. We also saw the reptile exhibit. That was really neat. I have never seen a rattle snake for reals before, so that was neat. They both hid their rattlers though. Bummer! We got to pet a horned dragon. I was a little nervous about that. I also got to pet two HUGE tortouses. They are amazing creatures. We saw snakes, lizards, chamelions, turtles, and geckoes of all kinds. Then as we were leaving the tent, I saw a big, giant tub with this gate thing on top. I thought that was a little strange because it was the only thing in there that was caged so seriously. It was dark so I lean my head in real close to try and get a peek. And what did I see about two feet FROM MY FACE...... Two huge eyes belonging to a five foot ALLIGATOR!!! I almost screamed AND peed my pants at the same time. I can't believe they would hold that thing in a tub with a gate as a lid with just rocks holding it secure. So after that, we decided to play some games and go on some rides. We started with like this spider-looking ride. I screamed my head off, it was so much fun. Then we decided to go on a sissy ride. The ride with the swings that have really long chains. This ride was actually hard to enjoy, because I couldn't help thinking about how often they really check the safety of all these rides. I mean, c'mon, it only takes one of those chain links to snap for me to snap my neck and die. It's not like they actually check every single one of those things regualarly. Chris tried to tell me that they probably do stress tests on them, but this is a FAIR. I don't think so. So then I kicked everyone's trash at Wack-A-Mole. I won myself a teddy bear. Who needs men to win you stuff? So that kinda burst Chris' ego a little. So he then proceeded to blow cash on the stupidest games like "throw a ball at three milk cans" or "throw the frisbee rings around the ducks neck." Needless to say, he blew it all. Then it was time to eat nonthing else but elephant ears and corn dogs. Mmmmm. The only thing I forgot to get and I'm SO MAD, was cotton candy. I mean, who goes to the fair and doesn't get cotton candy?! Chris wanted to go on one last ride before we left so we went on like "Tsunami" or something. Chris got really sick and I thought for sure he was going to throw up, but he kept it under control. So with our weasy stomachs and my giant orange teddy bear, we headed on home. My only regret besides the whole cotton candy thing is that I forgot my DARN CAMERA!!! Well, there's always next year!