Our World Tuesday – Tulsa State Fair 2018

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Last Saturday I went to the Tulsa State Fair. I love the Fair, I try and go every year. I love the sights and sounds , and the people and all the colors.

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I got there kind of early so the midway wasn’t very busy yet.

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Don’t you love it. I wouldn’t touch cotton candy with a ten foot pole. I haven’t had any since I was a kid. I am kind of a sensory guy and the texture totally creeps me out. Plus, too danged sweet.

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Photos, I take my own photos, thank you very much.

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I checked out the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show. I did a separate blog post on it yesterday. I love all the cakes! I spent the most time there. 

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Then I went to the far eastern end where the crafts were. I love the quilts. There were lots of quilts there. Very nice.

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This little teardrop trailer was a winner in a woodworking classification. Isn’t it gorgeous. These little trailers are very popular in geocaching campouts. I’ve always wondered about the practicality of these things. Like I am 63 years old and there is no way that I could change clothes in this thing. They are cool to look at though. 

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Pumpkins, lots of decorated pumpkins. I love decorated pumpkins. There were no Trump pumpkins this year, that I saw unlike previous years. Maybe they don’t allow them.

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They had a lego competition. Lots of great entries.

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I moved over the adjoining building where they had the birthing center (for critters not humans, just so you know, although they could probably handle that too, that would give them little kids an education don’t you know!) and the petting zoo. I didn’t go to either one of those. I took one look of vintage veterinarian tools and I saw all I needed to see. 

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And then over the FFA exhibits. I love those. It is kind of the best of small town Oklahoma. (Which is the best of Oklahoma in my opinion.) They had pumpkins also. They had a bunch lined up outside of the building. I didn’t see any Trump pumpkins here either. (I am going to call them Trumpkins from now on.)

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They had a Smokey Bear pumpkin inside. As a Forest Ranger’s kid I am always into anything Smokey Bear.

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There were lots of Snoopy themed pumpkins.

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This is my favorite. No Trumpkins inside though.

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The various FFA chapters have table displays and I love looking at those. Lots of work and creativity involved. This is for the Oolagah, Oklahoma Chapter. Oolagah is a town about an hour north of Tulsa, near where Will Rogers grew up. I loved the photo in this display. All those pretty young women and the guy, dressed in pink. Obviously confident himself and smart enough to hang out with women. I have always preferred the company of women, myself. Kudos the guy, whoever he is. I salute you. And whoever had the genius idea of inverting the expected colors. Nice.

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A flower display.

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Displays on native grasses in Oklahoma.

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And this was an FFA project, to restore this beautiful Massey-Ferguson tractor.

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And then on to the critters. I swear the pigs were making eye contact looking for a friendly face. 

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Some handsome sheep.

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And the cows. These are Herefords. What my Dad called white faces. You don’t see too many of them these days. 

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The longhorns are always impressive.

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Another longhorn.

At the beer garden at the Oklahoma State Fair

I finished up and rested up with a Spaten Optimator at the Beer Garden. That and a corn dog was the only thing I paid for at the Fair (except for the $6 entry fee, and a $1 tip to the shuttle bus drivers, and a corn dog.) So, I’ll be back next year!

I am linking with Our World Tuesday 

16 thoughts on “Our World Tuesday – Tulsa State Fair 2018

  1. Sallie

    It looks a great Fair — and the price is amazingly low. Our *county* fair cost more than that. my favorite thing about events like this is people watching — I always see the kind of people I never see anywhere else at all at our Fair. They probably think the same thing about me.

  2. Pat

    What a wonderful state fair! I like all the decorated pumpkins and the amazing wedding style cakes you showed in your prior post.

  3. Fun60

    I can see why you would go every year. There is so much to see. The pumpkins were very decorative and the artwork looked so professional. Great name – a Trumpkin.

  4. Ellen

    I always love your state fair pictures. I wish our state fair was in September. It’s in Pueblo in early August when it’s 100 degrees outside. I haven’t been in years, but if I were to go I wouldn’t touch much of the food. The last time I had a funnel cake at the fair I swore them off for the rest of my life.

  5. Angie

    How I miss the Fair – I can see myself heading to Tulsa next year – I agree with you about cotton candy – would much rather have a corn dog or deep-friend cheese! Thanks for all your photos; I almost feel like I was there!

  6. Penelope Puddlisms

    So much wonderful pumpkin creativity being shared there. I think you’re right about the pig. My feelings are mixed whenever I see animals at such fairs. They’re probably more intelligent than we can admit and although they’re nicely groomed many end up on plates at the dinner table.

  7. Joyful

    Lovely images of the fair. I see it retains the agricultural aspects. Where I live that has been reduced considerably and I miss it.

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