As I discussed in yesterday's blog post, my sister Susan and I went to the St. Lucie County Fair, which takes place at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds west of Port St. Lucie, Florida this past Thursday. This is a traditional county fair that takes place in the middle of cow country, and a very well-attended event. Which is no surprise, since there is not much else to do in Port St. Lucie most of the time. In addition to lots of food booths and carne games where you can take a chance at winning a prize, the fair also has amusement rides, including 2 Ferris wheels and a ride seen in the photograph on the left which I would not recommend taking on a full stomach.
As I mentioned yesterday, the highlight for me was the petting zoo, where you can buy a cup of food for $5.00 and feed all the animals, of which there are many, including that hungry goat in the photograph on the right. I have never gone in much for taking video, but this past Thursday a video would have been the best way to capture those animals jumping over each other to get to that food. I suspect the fair people must hold off feeding the animals in the morning in order to get them to behave like that.
I was very surprised to find a number of camels at the petting zoo. It does seem strange that people would be raising camels in South Florida, but there you go. I have yet to see any camels making their way along the beach carrying a snowbird from up north, but when I do, I will definitely take a photograph to share on this blog. One thing I found interesting is that there was only one kind of food with which to feed a variety of animals, and it looked kind of like a potato chip. But no matter whether it was a goat or cow or even a camel, they all gobbled it up as fast as they could. I am not sure what was in it, but I do wonder if I might be able to get a bag of them at Walmart and try 'em out.
In any case, today is the last day of the fair, which runs from noon to 11:00 P.M. I checked the schedule, and today's events include Andy Rotz's Wild West Showdown, whatever that might be, musical acts, Racing Pigs, and Laser Tag from 1:00 until 9:00. And I do have to mention that on Thursday I watched a mother and her three young children playing laser tag, and it felt truly weird watching them running around tagging (i.e. shooting) each other with handheld laser guns. Of course, this is Florida, a big gun rights state, and so I suppose that is considered perfectly normal down here. In any case, the St. Lucie County Fair is definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. Be sure to visit the petting zoo, buy a cup of $5 food, and feed my pals, the two goats in the photograph on the right. They will love you for it.
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