August 04, 2011

Deschutes County Fair

The Fair... This year was the most fun, again, because the kids are old enough to deal with the hot or thirsty or time consuming stuff without the full out temper tantrums of years past. We went in the late afternoon for a change, which made it surprisingly nice and cool. It was ton of fun.... but I'm not sure as to whether or not we'll be back. Gate prices are INSANE and I'm having a hard time justifying that kind of money just to walk in the door, not when rides are so crazy expensive as is the food ( seriously, that ferris wheel was $4 PER PERSON. For 6-7 minutes. crazypants expensive. ) The kids ended up going on two rides each, their choice, and we did the one family ride on the ferris wheel. They got to choose one souvenir ( umbrella for Rae and blow up mace for Kael) and one dessert ( icecream and cotton candy, of course. ) We also had dinner there ( two burgers for the boys and a shared teriyaki chicken bowl for Rae and I.) Grand total for the whole trip? $101. Duuude. I hate being a cheap arse, but that is just a bit much for me to swallow. That's like 5 trips to the BIG pool! WITH GAS! It's entrance & snack for the family at the Portland zoo! It's 20 coffee house coffees, WITH TIP! ( it's an hour of tattoo time!)

We'll have to go at least one more time, though, because as we were walking out Raegan read the word RODEO and asked what that was. My child. Living in the heart of ranch country. Not knowing what a rodeo was. The shame, it is immense.

The pics are in reverse order, thankyouverymuch PhotoBucket.


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