State Fair Narrative

Nothing compares to the flamboyant peculiarity of fairs. These world-wide extravaganzas are among the most bizarre place in this world. Both State Fairs and County Fairs alike use their exotic foods, their new products, and their “cute” barn animals to draw in more people. Walking down the street, performers pop up every minute performing amazing feats of balance, agility, and magic. Even every once in awhile, a lucky guess at your age, weight, or birthday will amaze all the surrounding people. Over the summer, my family continued our long tradition of visiting the Wisconsin State Fair to enjoy everything it had to offer.

Whenever we go the the fair, the mornings are pretty rough. My parents, who insist on getting there as soon as possible, woke up us children just as the sun was rising. We groggily awoke, got dressed, and went on our way. The most interesting part of the drive, was finding a place to park. It usually takes at least thirty minutes. Finally, we found the entrance to a race track, in which they were allowing people to park. After we got to our parking spot, we unloaded and got on our way.

Being so tired, caffeine is an essential at the fair. We have souvenir cups that are really cheap to refill. We got our share of beverages, and treked on to the barns. The only …show more content…
The Exposition Center is a building with aisles upon aisles of products people want you to buy. There are practical items, and then there are items that you didn’t know existed. They seem to make sense to purchase at the time, but end up useless a few months later. My parents always stop at “practical items” that are really boring for kids. However, my dad was particularly hooked on a barrel. He enjoys to have a drink of whiskey every now and then, and this barrel aged it so it was even better. His eyes were gleaming as the man tried to get him to buy it. He eventually walked away because my mom started