The Big E

Here is the first pic of our fair experience. This is Bessie the Bloomin' Bovine. Bessie was not looking her best, a little scraggly on her back side.

This fair taught me a few things about New England. One is that both Legos and Pez candy come from Connecticut.

The lego batman. And...my super-hero.

Kari? Where are you? Kari?

PEZ!!!!

This guy was cool. He made little pots really fast. We watched him for just a couple minutes and I think he formed about four or five pieces. I think this was New Hampshire.

The Big E is a fair for all of New England and each state has a building. These are the buildings and they are very neat looking. Now...a little quiz for those of you have never lived or had family in the Northeast: Name the states that make up New England. I will give the answer at the end of this post. (Hint: there are 6)
Another interesting thing I learned about New England is that almost every state has maple syrup, apples, and ...one other thing that I can't remember right now...maybe it was chocolate.

This is a man who moved just like a robot. He was really good and fun to watch. Kari said she remembered him from when she was little. I think it is amazing that he is still doing this.

This is a guy that Ryan remembered from childhood. He likes this guy because he is funny and shows how to make things from way-back-when.

This is a mini Mardi Gras (I have no idea how to spell that) parade. Kari and Stacy had fun trying to catch beads. Kari you can see is in the back and Stacy is up in front of the guy with the blue hat.

Ironically being in the back turned out to be the place to get the necklaces.

There were live sharks! I've never seen a live one and I am very fascinated by them. I'm the person who always wants to watch the shark documentaries or Shark Week on TV. Oh, I just noticed you can see the state buildings in the reflection and they look really pretty.


There was a nurse shark which I thought would be fun to take a pic in front of. Even though none of us are actually nurses yet we will be someday.

Ever since I met Ryan I have heard about The Big E. The single most talked about part of this fair were the Maine baked potatoes. Turns out they are as wonderfully good and filling as the Nilsens have all raved!
As we were walking out of the building with our potatoes I heard a girl comment: "Good thing Idaho isn't here." (I thought it was funny, just because I'm from the Northwest.)

Ok this is one of the things that was on my "to do in my lifetime" list. I rode an elephant!!Instead of crossing it off my list though I'm going to change it to: Ride an elephant in India in the jungle. Way more exciting - don't you think?

Stacy rode with me and as we stood in line waiting we discussed how it was sad to see such a magnificent animal confined to such a small space. Then we decided it was probably better for him there than hauling some big huge heavy rock up a mountain or something......now...typing this...I'm not sure that really makes sense...hmmm.

This was pretty much the end our day. After getting the necessary mini donuts we left for home. I'm glad I was able to finally experience The Big E!

ANSWER: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut