A Fair, A Visit and Some Bowling

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated the blog with the useless goings on of my summer vacation, but there are a few things to share.

For starters, Jason and I paid a visit to the Orange County Fair, which is actually the only time I’ve ever been to a county fair that isn’t in Fresno.  Needless to say, a lot of things are the same, but some things were different.  Both have plenty of access to ridiculous foods such as fried Snickers and Krispy Kreme fried chicken sandwiches.  Admittedly, Jason and I ate our way through the fair, feasting on corn dogs, tri-tip sandiwches, Slurpees, cheese bread and mini donuts with bavarian creme.  Totally absurd but it sure was tasty!  The Fresno and OC fairs have some noticeable differences, however.  The OC fairgrounds, being on the cusp of Newport and only a few miles from the beach, attracted a noticeably different demographic than I’m used to at the Fresno Fair, which takes place in a much older and less desireable part of town.  That’s not to slam the fair-goers of Fresno, mind you, but only to say that considering it was a night-time visit to the fair, (as a disclaimer, I always limit Fresno Fair visits to daylight hours),  I wasn’t afraid of being shot, mugged or stabbed.  There wasn’t even a metal detector check at the front entrance.  However, the OC Fair was sorely lacking in the Livestock section, where Fresno and the local 4H clubs rule.  I always looks forward to walking through the manure-laden stalls and seeing all of the livestock that will soon be sold to slaughterhouses, (my tone is snarky, but I’m not being sarcastic), and the OC fair’s animal selection was limited to perhaps three pigs and four cows total.  There were a couple of goats involved as well.  Simply pathetic.

Last week, my mom visited me here in SoCal from Monday through Friday.  We had a blast, and it was great to see her.  We visited Newport and other various OC coastal towns, saw the Body Worlds 3 exhibit at the California Science Center, (yes, I admit, I think it’s fascinating.  Anyone should go, despite the obvious creep factor of seeing skinned dead bodies).  We also shopped in Chinatown and were able to eat some great meals in between.  Mom traveled via Amtrakon this trip, (you may recall my previous Amtrak experience a couple of weeks ago), and made it to and from in one piece.  She was initially terrified but found that it was easy, and hopefully will further utilize the train for more visits.

Last night we went bowling at Lucky Strike and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Really nothing to report about that, other than I took pictures and thought I’d post a few of them here.

We played two games and I sucked both times.  I actually almost won the last game, (in the last round I came in third but previously had been winning), which says less about my actual bowling skills and more about the people I was bowling with.

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