cabenson | My Annual Ohio State Fair Post

Gotta work this weekend and I had today off, so Mrs. C and I got up early and headed off on our annual trek (4 whole miles down the road) to the Ohio State Fair. There was foodage! There were animals! There was BOOTY!! Heavy picspam- dial up beware!

Rules are meant to be obeyed!

Duct tape now comes in over 20 colors...

and is also considered an art form.

Buckeye Duct Tape Art

Duct Tape Mardi Gras

Cake entries:

Purple Wedding cake

Southern Ohio Wedding cake

Spaghetti cupcakes

Forest picnic cake- can't believe this didn't win anything

Potato Heads gum paste entry

Harry Potter and the Ohio State Fair Cake

It's not the fair if we don't have fair food:

Delicious Lemon Shake

From Marshalls, the best lemon shake stand at the fair

Tracey's...Katie recognized us as annual visitors and offered us a special treat if we come back next week- Deep Fried Pickausage (dill pickle and polish sausage deep fried together). But for today, we got...

deep fried mozzarella

and deep fried dill pickle

then we mosied down the fair way for

deep fried Milky Way candy bar and...

deep fried oreos

we also had

Slow roasted beef sammich

and chicken and noodles over mashed taters.

and we can't forget the Giant Iced Tea!!!

Saw some gorgeous draft horses

a pony!!!

butter cow

and butter calf

and the Bat Copter!!!

Now every year, I choose a theme for people watching. This year, it's The Booty Don't Stop!

Ohio Youth Band booty

Plaid booty

Purple booty

Old Queen booty

Ripped pocket booty

Suspended booty

Spongebob booty

SWEET!!! booty

Scooter and sidecar booty

State trooper booty

in love booty

Buckeye booty

Butter cow booty

Most adorable booty

Co-worker I sneaked past booty

Dominos Pizza man booty

Duct Tape Staff booty

Sweet family booty

take home booty

We also saw:

This wasn't the type of ho I was hoping for

Some crazy chick who obviously graduated from BGSU

Wanted, but did not have

Now, I am recovering until next year...or next week as Katie Tracey gave me a personal note offering a free deep-fried picksausage...