I was just six years old the last time my family and I visited the Texas State Fair. That year, the Texas Star was brand new, and at 212 feet tall, is still the largest ferris wheel in North America. It was great to ride it again this year, see the new cars for 2011, look at the new Ford diesel engines and trucks, enjoy corn dogs and cotton candy, and see things for sale like fried butter. We didn’t try any, but I’ve been told that the guy who invented it, along with fried coke, and fried everything, makes enough money in the three weeks a year that the fair is open, that he doesn’t have to work at his regular job anymore. Hey, you have to die from something, so it might as well be good food (if fried butter fits in that category).
Click on the picture of the ferris wheel for more photos of our time at the fair.
