Autumn in Plumas County

Fair Week and Parade 2012

Grant and I went to the Plumas-Sierra County Fair on Friday night, mostly because our power was out due to the local Chips Fire, and we figured we'd spend the time enjoying ourselves.  The building exhibits were closed because it was too dark, but we did walk around for a bit and have a hot dog and a homemade lemonade.

The Fair Parade was on Saturday morning and then Grant and I went back to the Fair to see what we had missed the night before.  I went back later to sit with my friends at the Democratic Committee booth, and Grant went back tonight.

One fun surprise came on Thursday.  Grant had gone over to the Fair with Dorothy and Jeffery.  I was home alone because of tummy issues and who should walk in, but Ashley!  She'd driven up from San Diego with a friend on a whim.  We visited for a while and then she went over to the Fair and had dinner and a good visit with her dad.  Great Fair time this year!

Hope you don't get bored with all the pictures.

As is this isn't cool enough.....

This is the other side!!!

Thursday Evening at the Plumas-Sierra County Fair

Dorothy came into town tonight to spend the night.  Grant was still up at Eagle Lake (arrived home later this evening), so we went over to the Fair around supper time, ate our annual corndog, and visited a few of the exhibits.  The gardens were especially lovely, as were the vegetables, compared to our poor year last summer.  The number of scarecrow entries was impressive, including ones that accentuated the theme of this years fair, Past and Future!  And of course we had to visit the animal exhibits so Dorothy could bond with the pigs, and the art and quilt barns.  It's "country fun" but I enjoyed myself very much!  In fact, Grant and I are planning to go to the Parade tomorrow morning and maybe the Fair again, since he hasn't been yet (and I forgot my annual small bag of homemade peanut brittle).

Scarecrows, future and past!

A painted cow skull...pretty clever, I thought!

I want one of these!!!



Musicians



Very interesting looking short-legged goat with beautiful markings!

Grand Champion Pig!  Aweome pig!  Look at those feets!

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Don't mind me, I have a strange sense of humor

Dorothy bonding with a pig...we're undecided on his reaction.  Comments?

Al Paca

Best in show (hand-quilted)

Dorothy admiring another hand-stitched quilt

Dr Suess has been at our Fair!  (Cookie judge, perhaps?)