Yesterday was the last day of the Alaska State Fair, so my mom, brother and I decided to brave the crowds to complete the annual tradition of attending the fair. Luckily it was a beautiful day (unlike the past two days, which have been cold and rainy), so it was a perfect day to attend! I also love going to the fair because on the last weekend is the state fair horse show, which I competed in for years. It's the last show of the summer circuit up here in Alaska and a fun ending to the few months of competition we get up here. So I got to visit my old barn and talk to my trainer, which was nice. Apparently there was a $1,000 Jumper Classic class going on later that afternoon, and I joked to her that I was ready to go- put me on, sign me up! I always did really well in the classes that had money prizes for some reason. She was always like, "you can smell the cash!" Haha. I do miss it terribly. Maybe I'll try to download my old horse show photos from the family computer and do a horse post someday. It really was the dominant feature of my life for about 10 years. I wish I could go back to competing again. When I was little I wanted to be an Olympic Equestrian, haha!
On another equine note, as soon as we walked into the fair we saw this crazy show going on with these gypsy-esque performers doing all sorts of gymnastics on horseback. I decided that when I join the circus, I'm totally going to be a gypsy horse girl. I totally have gypsy-horse-girl hair, am I right? Ugh, so much fun. I love me a costume, and those girls had bomb costumes.
And of course the fair wouldn't be the fair without enormous vegetables. That pumpkin set a new Alaska state record at 1101 lbs! How do you even grow a pumpkin that big? Amazing.
Then, there's the fair food.. I only really go to the fair for two things: salmon quesadillas and the chocolate dipped ice cream covered in oreo. Mmmm! Apparently taking a picture with food makes me do the following expression:
Haha, what's with the smirk? It's like I'm kind of smug about consuming delicious food or something. Well, it was delicious. We also got chocolate dipped bacon... ... yeah. Well, we had to! Just to try it. It tasted like bacon dipped in chocolate. My mind wasn't blown. But seriously, only at the fair can you find such a thing. I'm glad I went to the fair though! It's fun to people watch. Slightly frightening, but definitely amusing!
photos of me by my mom
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Haha, 'I love me a costume' that cracked me up! It's nice to see what you've been up to outside of outfit posts. What a fun day!
State Fairs always have such odd foods like chocolate covered bacon. In Wisconsin everything is on a stick. Cheesecake on a stick, baked potato on a stick, anything you can think of...its on a stick. So silly! Its fun to see your Alaska adventures.
you totally do have the perf hair for gypsy horse shows, haha! so cute.
you do have gypsy hair, haha. that ice cream looks delicious.
Betty Noir
I used to ride horses competitively too..I miss it a lot sometimes.
salmon quesadillas!? that is so alaska, its always interesting to see the regional food at every state fair!
I want some chocolate covered bacon it sounds crazy!
Love love love going to the fair. And you looked very cool. It makes me re-think my fair wardrobe which is definitely a good thing.
This fair looks like so much fun! I had chocolate covered bacon once, after hearing oodles of hype over it. I, too, was disappointed.
Also, I look forward to hearing of your future endeavors as a gypsy horse girl :)
Oh wow I wish I could go to a town fair like that ours are pretty low key a few burger vans and a tiny fun fair for kids. I think one of the things i want to do is visit some traditional American village fairs they always look like fun xoxo
I always loved going to the fair, which at home on PEI is Old Home Week. My uncle used to show draft horses and it was a dream come true for my sister and I to go see them and help groom them even a little before the shows..
Would love to see a post about your riding competition glory days! :) I never competed although we had did have horses and ponies growing up that I rode through fields and down red roads through the woods. Nothing fancy like showjumping though
Oh my goodness, I'm super envious! This all looks like so much fun! I've never been to a state fair before.
Ahhh haha chocolate dipped bacon. Sounds like something we would have here in Wisconsin.
I just went to my first state fair this summer and kind of loved it.
Looks like fun! Our fair is pitiful, but I love going to the Orange County Fair in CA when I visit family :) You should definitely do a horse post!
wow the little gypsy show looks so pretty and fun!! how nice!!
Also congrats on being on the front page of chictopia again and for being featured for the modlife blog for their tumblr.
Ack, I love fair food! And fairs! Awesome. Also, I think I've seen those equestrians at the Washington Renaissance Faire! They are so incredibly amazing. I'd recognize those badass people anywhere. :D
How fun! The gypsy horse riding people look totally cool. :) And that chocolate dipped ice cream oreo thing looks amazing. Mmm...
:o)Sarah
wow it seems so much fun there wish i could be there
love your blog so much simple and interesting. xx
Gypsies on horses! How fantastic. I used to ride horses too when I was younger and always loved it I never competed, though.
xo, MOUSEVOX
Hi! Can't believe you posted this!I've been following your blog for awhile now and finally decided to comment because I get called a gypsy because I actually live in an articulated housetruck and do gypsy fairs here in New Zealand. And what do we do at the gypsy fairs? We do the pony rides :-) Hope you have a great time travelling around in the Brave.
Salmon quesadillas sound SO amazing.
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