Great Fun at the Great State Fair

The State Fair opened today. As we have done for the past two or three years, my husband and I decided to go on opening day and watch the opening ceremony. When I got to his office, he told me he'd been at a meeting earlier in the day with a city councilman we know from church, and he had invited us to sit with him and his family on the platform for the ceremonies. My first reaction was, "I can't get good pictures from there." Only a scrapbooker would understand that response.

Anyway, we headed over there arriving about 4:30 this afternoon. First stop was the Fletcher's Corn Dog stand, then we wandered through the Grand Building. On our way out, we met a friend of mine. She had to stop me because I didn't even notice her. We visited a moment and we started on again. As we passed a couple sitting on foot massaging chairs, the woman called out to me and asked my name. I told her and she said, "From Baylor Nursing School, right?" Then she looked at my husband and said, "You went to Baylor, too, didn't you?" She told us who she was and we happily visited and caught up a bit (not a lot after 29 years, you understand), and it was great fun to see her.





We continued our trek about the fairgrounds until time for the opening ceremony when we went up on the platform to meet the city councilman and his family. Looking around I saw a couple of "secret service" - looking guys. Then in a few minutes, we were joined by our governor. Now, we were about 15 feet away, but it was a great surprise and fun to be up there instead of out in the crowd where I could get photos. Incidentally, I got a photo of the governor, and I think it's a pretty good shot of him.



We also watched the laser/fireworks show, something we've never done before. It was really good. Best of all, though, as we left along with the crowd of people, my husband suddenly realized his cell phone was not in his "holster". We dashed back to the place we'd sat and I called the phone thinking it would light up and we would see it. It didn't. As we frantically searched, a lady walked up and asked if we'd lost our phone and then she laughed because she said it made her jump when it started vibrating in her hand because I called it. We are so grateful that she found it and returned it to us. She said she was headed to one of the police stands to turn it in.

It was an outstanding trip to the Great State Fair of Texas. Hope your evening was just as much fun.