Festivals and Fairs

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go with family and friends to the National Peanut Festival in Dothan, Alabama. There are rides, animals, exhibits, and my personal favorite the carnival foods.

I have been going to the Peanut Festival annually for as long as I can remember. I have never been much of a fan of riding on the rides. I am a big guy and riding them just results in sore buised shoulders. Also, I just do not like riding all together, It get kind of quizy spinning around and around. Finally, I just do not trust rides that go up in a day and are taken back down. I can just vision something going completely wrong. I know the odds are completely unlikely, but I just cannot help but thinking about it.

My favorite is all the carnival foods. I make it my personal goal just to eat as much of the stuff on every trip as I possibly can. There is ears of corn with butter and parmesean cheese, corn dogs, boiled peanuts, kettle corn, carmel apples, elephant ears, and funnel cakes. To find all of these in one place is awesome. The day that I know I am going to the fair I make it a goal not to eat anything prior to going so I can eat as much as I can while I am there. I only go once a year so I figure indulging in the one night of complete disregard of what I eat is okay.

The fair was a blast and the food was amazing. I cannot wait until next year until so I can go back and do it all over again.

Do you go to any annual festivals? Any favorite festival foods?