How we ended up at the Mississippi State fair is too long a tale to tell, but we did!
Assuming it would be a bit like the Little Eaton carnival as Davenport was not dissimilar. We trotted off for some nasty out of date carni food and prepared to be fleeced at every opportunity.
I could not have been more wrong and shocked to the core. All what was missing from this side show was a lady with a beard and I am sure she was just in the bog.
We saw sick animals with all sorts of strange things growing out of their foreheads, crocodile wrestling, elephant rides, a live pony carousel, and a nasty looking dog walking a tight rope.
The children would not move and plonked themselves down on the front row to see the dog in a tutu climb a ladder. It was a truly hideous experience but like any good train crash it becomes impossible to look away.
In the evening there was a band on, but as it was only Fridayy the organiser said it would not be a as big a band as on the Saturday and we should definitely stay until then.
It was ZZTop for Christ's sake!
