Fun at the Fair

We had a great time at the L.A. County Fair even if it was the hottest day of the summer! Sevren's phone was sending him "heat warnings" because it was 103 in Pomona. To be quite honest it seemed hotter than that!

Here we are taking a break in the shade!

I was a little disappointed with the vendors this year. They didn't seem to have as many good ones as last year. Last year we had almost too many brochures! This year I think we have 5. I did get a refill for my "wonder mop" plus some of their awesome "towels" for dusting and cleaning windows. And I got to go down the giant slide for the last time (more on that later)!

Observations:

1. Too many people drive those scooters and clog up the aisles in the buildings, I wish they could ban them, it'd make the fair experience way better. I guess it's them and the strollers and the giant wagons (even though as a kid it'd be awesome to be in one) although, the strollers don't bother me as much. Except for that lady that tripped me with hers...
2. Too many people wear the wrong clothing for their um, shape.
3. Vendors need to be more proactive and ask questions. Good example - After answering a couple of questions about pool resurfacing asks: "Can we make an appt to come to your house on Tuesday?" Loved it! Told him so and then said no we're not ready. Bad example - Selling solar power for homes - wasted our time talking about electric cars and how they'd raise our electric bill. Um, we don't have one and don't plan on getting one, we just wanted to know about how solar would help our house. Go preach to another choir, we're not in yours.
4. Pots and pans are not "just" pots and pans at the fair. We were HOT so we sat and listened to a demonstration of these pans. Sevren asks me "How much do you think they cost?" I say "My bet is $400 for 3 pans." I was so wrong it wasn't funny. 3 pans cost $1,300 yes there's a comma in that number! For the entire crazy set of like 12 pans it was "Just about as much as you'd pay to carpet your house" which equals $5,400. Thanks for the free plastic juicer and the hour entertainment. See ya.
5. Crazy people still win those obnoxious large stuffed animals and then carry them around. What do they do with them when they get home? And speaking of home, how do they get them there? Do they think they count so they can drive in the car pool lane?

And finally...

The Giant Slide is still as awesome as ever! Yes I spent $5 to spend 5 seconds sliding down it but man, those were some great seconds on a big yellow slide on a potato sack. Here I am enjoying myself on the ride down!