The weekend of Labor Day was my birthday weekend and after New York I didn't want to end my enjoyment. I went to bed that night thinking about the Alaska State Fair and how I was SOOO bummed I missed it because I love the fair in Alaska. Then I thought its Labor Day weekend and there are usually fairs around that time so I got online and sure enough the next day was closing day of the Maryland State Fair so I asked Devin if he would care to go and he was excited.
We got there mid morning and I thumbed through the program to find that they had live births in the livestock center and that is totally my thing so I was ecstatic. Devin saw that they had cows you could milk and I have honestly never seen him so excited to do something before. He said that he doesn't ask to do much but he HAD to milk a cow. Devin got in free with military ID and I thought hey you cant beat that so entrance was cheap.
We went to the livestock center and sure enough a calf had been born an hour or so before we got there and then there were piglets in 4 pens with 2 pigs in labor. I made Devin sit and watch for a while but I think he was grossed out cause they had a video camera all up in the pigs business so we went to the cow milking area and he stood in line. He was in line for a good 5 minutes when he realized that the line was full of little children and he was the only adult jumping for joy so he quickly decided that maybe wasn't for him. Then it was off for some good ol fair food. I had my first lamb gyro and it was AMAZING! We had peach sundaes and Devin ate a philly cheesesteak and we had cheese fries. LOTS of calories but tasty lunch.
We watched a cookware show, Devin is always fascinated by the amazing cookware. We walked around for a while and then went back to the livestock center. The pig had already given birth at this time but now there was a cow giving birth. I got to a spot where I had a good view and we watched the whole thing. I was pretty mad at how they did it though. They wrapped chains around the little guys hooves and shoved their arms up the mom and then yanked and pulled, it looked awful. They got him out and he was so cute. After all of that we went to some other exhibits, watched a chain saw wood carving thing and then it was time to head back to post. All in all a fun day at the fair.
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