Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
A Strange New Fall and a Skinny Fair
It seems that by the time summer finally arrives in the Pacific Northwest it’s already on its way out. And while I always welcome fall, this year will hardly be typical.
Back to school? Learning will start online, something not dreamed of when this brick and mortar was built 100 years ago.
And the Washington State Fair- formerly known as the Puyallup Fair – a fall tradition operating for the past 120 years – save for the break during World War II? Cancelled.
Though there will be a limited drive-thru offering of Fair Food, where you may find some of this:
You won’t be able to enjoy this.
Or this.
Which will only make us appreciate more, all the simple things we once took for granted, when they return.
At least that’s my hope.
~ Susanne
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Our state fair was cancelled this year, but people can get fair food.
Inevitable I guess. I may go down for the fair food.
We don’t have a fair to miss, but we certainly have a very early Autumn. It has been cold for days now, and tonight is decidedly ‘chilly’!
Best wishes, Pete.
Thank Pete. It’s felt like Autumn for a couple of weeks already. The Puyallup Fair is a tradition here and I’m going to miss it this year.
So much we take for granted. I do remember when the MN State Fair was closed before due to the polio epidemic.
Yes, so many simple things make life enjoyable.
The last thing we need are tens of thousands of people crammed into a fairground.
True. A wise decision. Just one more simple thing we will appreciate more when it returns back to normal, whenever that may be.
Hopefully next year…if we all just followed the Experts – and the science – we can go past this and be able to return to whatever our “new normal” is…I love events like this and want them back too!
Yes, this too shall pass. Eventually. In the meantime we need to be smart about how we live during a pandemic.
I haven’t been to the Fresno Fair for years, mostly because it’s way across town and I don’t want to drive and mess with the parking all by myself. But I always did like the cinnamon rolls!
We usually go every year and one of the reasons is for the fun food! Since they’re having a drive-thru Food Fair on the weekends I may visit if only for the scones, for which they are famous! 🙂
Mmm scones sound good right now! I noticed in my stats that someone had read “It’s Only Fair” recently, where Benji and “the guys” go to the fair. 👍
It’s Fair Season! 🙂
Not a big fan of fairs, but I do understand their draw and know that they are sorely missed during these times.
The Puyallup Fair is a tradition for many of us raised in the Seattle area. But I understand fairs are not for everyone, especially if you don’t like crowds. We always went on a weekday to avoid them but this year the decision was made for us, and rightly so I think. 🙂
Yes, totally agree that was the right decision.
Here each town has a fair in the late summer or early autumn. We prefer the very little ones with quiet crowds of people, ox pulling contests, balloon popping and just a few rides. Of course this year we have no fairs at all.
We have both here too and enjoy both. But the biggest and best is the Puyallup, hopefully it will be back in business next year.
WE used to love the Oregon State Fair.