Franklin County Fair

On Friday, Emily, Vinnie and I headed out to the Franklin County Fair for the afternoon. It was a bit warm, but Emily was excited to go!

Well, what is it they say about best laid plans? Yeah, well, that rang true on Friday afternoon. Vinnie screamed the entire way down to the fair. It wasn't until I got him in the stroller that I figured out that he had sunscreen (or something) in his eye. He never fully recovered from that. Poor guy rubbed his watery eye all afternoon.

Emily was doing well. She rode the pony, climbed the rock wall (until a bee scared her) and went into the Fun House. Then we went to get ride tickets and each ride was either 2 or 3 tickets ($1/each) and there was a "ride all day" pass for $12. Seemed like easy math to me. I got her the ride all day even though we were only going to be there for a few hours. I figured 5-6 rides and we were good.

Emily went down the slide and had a ball. Then we got in line for another ride and waited for awhile. Right as Emily was about to get on, she stepped out of line and complained that her stomach hurt. She instantly said she wanted to go home.

We found a bench and sat down for awhile, but Emily never fully recovered. We played a couple of games, but she never wanted to go on any rides.

So, in conclusion, we paid $12 for one trip down the slide. Add $12 for the entry fee for about an hour to walk around and pay more money for misc stuff ... and we did not get a lot of bang for our buck. Franklin County won that round.