I love the miniature donkey rodeo!
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“An empty Dr Pepper can will let you in for $5,” - I know a Coke can that can sneak you under the fence for $4.
I’d like to get in on October 11, but I’m not sure I want to show anybody my dickies.
Another way to save money is not parking at make-shift home parking lots. A few years ago a little racket was going on where homeowners would charge x amount to allow parking, then call a towing company to remove the cars, thus freeing up more parking. In a nutshell, the fairgrounds are in a horrible part of town, but you are guaranteed to be solicited to buy an Obama Tshirt before you enter the grounds.
Why do Senior Citizens get in for free on Thursday? Do they have to show their dickies? Kind of hard to whip out the old dickies when you’re blasting through in your scooter chair.
Had our McDonald’s coupons and headed off to the Fair today, figuring the rain would likely stop soon. The closer we got, the harder the rain fell. Finally, we said, “Forget it,” and went to the mall instead for shopping and a movie (”Looper.”) Six hours later, we leave the mall — and it’s STILL pouring down rain. Just as well we skipped the fair today, but a big disappointment nonetheless. And next weekend is Texas-OU Weekend, another good time to avoid.
Biggest disappointment about missing the fair today: the free concert at the Chevy Main Stage was Kevin Costner’s band, Modern West. I love singing celebrity bands. They always start out with a huge crowd, then you can gradually move closer and closer as people satisfy their curiosity and wander off to do something more entertaining, until around song #10, you can stand right up front. That was also my experience seeing Lisa Marie Presley at the Fair a few years back. Except with her, even I had to leave after five or six songs. She must’ve inherited her musical talent from Priscilla.
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How much is it to get into the Texas State Fair? The NYS Fair was $10.