Yesterday we went to the Del Mar Fair, now apparently known as the San Diego County Fair (italics mine). Also, apparently they have a theme every year. This year is something about sports. Whatever.
We headed over to see if the archery demonstration was still on, but it was not. The archery booth wanted five bucks to shoot seven arrows. We declined. We then headed over to see the sunflowers and the horses. We watched a fellow shoeing a horse, some amateur roping. Some lady was a bit freaked because a Shetland pony was out in the sun with no water, even after it was explained to her, by the horse people, that the horsie was only out for an hour, then went back into a stall, with water.
We stopped by the SANDARC booth, having spotted a dipole, but no one was there. M. mentioned that maybe it was Field Day. Turns out, it was! Missed it again! They otter have a Field Day station at the fair, it would be good exposure to the public, I would think.
We next found our way to the woodcrafts exhibit, which had many weird and wonderful things, although I'm not sure why anyone would build a half-scale kayak. Saw this model of the H.M.S. Bounty.
Not sure how one shoots a cannon through a deadeye, but what do I know?
Next we went up to the collections. There were several interesting ones, but this item caught my eye.
It is reminiscent of a Tamiya military model kit box.
Eventually we wandered over to the gardening area, saw a pack of vicious koi.
A lady was feeding them fish food, so that the visitors would not. The little suckers would jump right up on the rock! There are five more pictures of the koi, just click over to my zooomr pages(by clicking an image) and wander about. And remember, even YOU can look at any big version of a picture I didn't use here.
This water feature is one I want to remember, in case I ever get my own house.
Simple, but charming and peaceful.
Next, we was resting in the succulent area, after looking at the bonsai and tray landscapes.
Surely you will want to click over to zoomr and view the Notes I made on the image!
Some fellow said the fair was busting attendance records, but it didn't seem too crowed to me.
Lastly, we parked off-site, as the parking fee is ridiculous, plus, we like to ride the double-decker bus if we luck out. And we did.
The weather was nice and not too warm, but I DID wear long sleeves and the geek sun hat. No pics of THAT!
Later!
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