If I keep on typing, we will find out soon. Not
what I expected. It moved the pictures down, but
then jumped over to here. That might work.
Uh oh, it is still moving the pictures down. I have had to manually move things around. I hope this works. Probably have to do the same thing when I get to the bottom of the next picture. Have to wait and see if it is worth the effort.
Ok, now we are ready to get back to the Easter Show report. I know you can't wait much longer, so I am happy to do it.
One thing I left out, in that first picture here, you see William and Maeghan riding a roller coaster. It was just a kids roller coaster, went in a figure eight. Maeghan loved it. William, not so much. He said he never wanted to ride it again. He said he was scared the whole time. He didn't really look scared, but we took his word for it.
Once we left the big slide (I am back to the trip report), we went to see the horses. I know, previously, I might have said we did that first, but it was after the slide. And, even though I have changed the chronology from what was previously reported, it did not help as the the horses were still boring. So we went to see the cats.
We wanted to see the dogs, but the cats were first, so we ended up there. Lots of people waiting in line to see the cats, not sure why. Who wants to see a cat sleeping, or a whole bunch of cats sleeping. Maybe it was petting time as what you did was, stand in line, enter the building and walk by a whole bunch of tables that had cats sitting on them. Everyone that could push, prod, or poke their way through the crowd could pet the cats. Juanita and Bev and William went through first and apparently, they did not get to pet any cats. Maeghan and Karen and I went through behind them and Maeghan got to pet every cat in there. Maybe it was her in the wheelchair that got us through or maybe it was just Karen being more pushy than the others, but what it meant was, it took us almost an hour to go through and the others about ten minutes. They ended up waiting for us outside. It wasn't that bad as I think Bev snuck in a little nap while they were waiting.
After that, we went into the dog pavilion. I have never seen so many huge dogs in one place in my life. Lots of Great Danes, Huskies, Russian Wolfhounds, and some things I have never seen in my life. And most of these dogs were really ugly. I am not sure if it was the way they were being presented, or they were just bred that way, but they all looked weird. Can't really put my finger on what made them look weird, but there was something about them that just did not seem right. Maybe they were drugged or something. I have no idea.
Naturally, you were not allowed to pet any of them, which drove William crazy. He loves dogs and will go up to anything on four legs and try to pet it. These dogs were not allowed to interact with the crowds. There were some pretty dogs, but they were few and far between and I do not recall seeing any small dogs, which is what we were looking for in the first place. Maybe they kept them in a different building but we never found them.
After that, we were right near the carnival games and the adult rides. Let me say, before I get any deeper into it, that some of these rides are not meant to be ridden. It is one thing to ride a roller coaster that goes very fast and upside down and spins around, but these rides were just ridiculous. No roller coaster, except the typical runaway mouse ride (if you do not know what that ride is you have never been to a carnival, or they call it something different where you are from). But they had rides that spun you way, way, way, way, up in the air. To the point where I believe that emergencies procedures if you ever got stuck at the top were to parachute back down to the ground. And not only did these rides go very high, they spun around in circles the whole time and in some cases, spun in at least six different directions all at once. I really believe that some people would start in one car and then end up in another with all the spinning and rolling and flying around they did.
Maybe it was just not my cup of tea. (Another saying that is not really Australian but as Australians claim anything that has any remote connection to them as their own, lets just say it is an Australian saying) We did walk all the way around the adult rides, just to see the kind of people who actually ride these things. Maybe it was just the day we were there, but I did not see all that many lines to get on them. There is one, called the slingshot (and to be honest, Karen and I considered riding it but the cost was more than the ticket to get into the fair) that is a ball you are strapped into and then fired up into the air via what must be bungy cords. About a hundred of them. I am sure these rides are all over fairs everywhere in the world. I only mention it because we did consider riding it and to mention the outrageous cost to do so, and the fact that while we were in that area, only two people actually rode it. No lines at all, just walk up and get on if you wanted to.
As we walked through, the kids wanted to play every game there was. We let them play quite a few, probably $50 or $60 worth. As you can tell, going to the Show is not a cheap outing. They were given little consolation prizes at every game, so they were extremely happy. Juanita kept telling me to when her a prize but I think these games are so hard to win, I was not sure what I could win. I did find the game I had won on the last time we were there. Rolling balls up into slots and the best score wins from everybody that is playing. I tried that again, and oddly enough, I won. I actually tied with some other guy who was there, who had apparently won several times before this as they banned him from the game immediately after we played. We had a roll off between the two of us and he missed with his ball, so I won by default.
I got a really big, cheap bear that is holding a heart that says I love you. I got it for Juanita, but Maeghan was there and she immediately claimed it for her own. So it sits in her room now, or I think it does. Haven't really seen it since then.
Now those of you who have won these big prizes probably know the big downfall of winning them. It means you have to carry them with you the rest of the day. So, not only do I have to push Maeghan around in her wheel chair, I have to do it while carrying this big bear. We had also brought along a big backpack with us that we had been carrying water and things around with us all day, so I was wearing that and carrying the bear and pushing Maeghan for the rest of the night.
I say night because it was starting to get a little late at the fair. Not dark yet, maybe around 4 or 5, but we had only been through about half of the fair by this time and most of the really big areas we wanted to see were still ahead of us.
And just for the fun of it, I am going to leave that for another post, probably tomorrow but more likely on Sunday. The show ends at 9 in the evening, so there is not a lot left to say. But, then again, it has only been about 5 hours since we have been there, so there is probably about 5 more hours to go.
I'll bet you are really looking forward to that. The really sad part of this whole thing is I have been typing away for about two hours, altogether, and I still have other news that does not relate to the Easter Show. That post will have to wait until I complete these Show reports, but what else do you have to do except wait on my every thought. It's fun, live with it.
Ok, have to go. Be back as soon as I can.
Until next time
Talk to you later
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