WALKING TACO..

Our county fair  has the distinction of being the last Wisconsin county to hold their fair. I bet you it's been about 10 years since we've attended the fair. 

I'm certainly glad we stopped on our way back from the Driftless Art Festival to catch the last day of the fair and free admission no less. My heart was set on a 'walking taco' for my late lunch and wouldn't you know that walking taco was not on any of the menus at the  regular stands. Finally, I asked one of the worker bees if by any chance they knew if /where they were being sold. Nobody had seen anybody eating one. As we walked away from another stand, one of the gentlemen yelled after me, " Look there on that food truck!" And there in front of me was the most welcomed sight, a picture of a walking taco. 

If you are not familiar with a walking taco. You can eat it with a fork/spoon and eat while walking around as it's an opened small bag of Fritos  covered with taco seasoned ground beef, shredded lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream and salsa. I savored every bite as Natureman enjoyed his hamburger at the Lions's stand. BTW a portion of their profits was going to the Flood Relief fund... 

tobacco hanging as if alfalfa and corn amidst
many offer crops

Now I could go and enjoy the fair buildings filled with 4H projects of everything under the sun many with ribbons of recognition. Produce like humongous pumpkins, tobacco which we don't see too much any more, every craft/hobby imaginable including
 this miniature pumpkin patch below...

A stage with handmade flower backdrop
 where 4H'ers  modeled fashions they made 

Loved the modernity with the best friends
and the cell phone

And in the barn buildings were magnificent varieties of cows, pigs, horses, sheep, goats and chickens with their names and the names of their owners. Many of the owners stay with their animals during the week of the fair.














Some stalls were decorated with photo journaling displays of the animal's owner growing up with the animal.

Some animals were raised to be auctioned off and there were thank you notes to the buyers. 

The auctioning was complete but we did catch the 'tail' end of the dog show (punny) with all sizes of tails...

You could sense the very special pride and bond between the animals and their owners.

As many are pets...

Some judges even had a good sense of humor...

Visiting the County Fair was a great way to end the weekend with a walking taco and all and I guess I wasn't the only one tuckered out...