This year the fair fell on President's Weekend, and we took advantage of reduced admission day to visit. The weather was very cold, threatening rain and snow in the hills. Although we stayed only 2 hours, we enjoyed ourselves very much.
So, Cloverdale thought it would become the Citrus Capitol of Northern California ... until it went through a couple of Sonoma County winters, that is. Still, there are pockets in the county that boast decades-old, hardy citrus trees. Here's what we saw as soon as we entered the fairgrounds:
After touring the citrus and floral displays (created to a 50's theme), we headed outside and ate our bag lunch at the outdoor picnic tables. We were right by some noisy carnival rides and music was on the loudspeakers. I was proud of how well James did with all the noise. We walked around and looked at the rides and games. A departing family handed us some of their leftover tickets, and I bought a few more. I told the kids they could do one game and one ride.
James didn't want to go on the rides, so I took his sister on the mini roller coaster. James had a conversation with his Nana, showing he was correctly counting the number of times we'd looped the track and asked her how many more times we'd be going. At ever trip around, we'd all wave at each other.
At one of the game booths, the carnival worker assured me they would both with a prize, so they tossed ping-pong balls and made their horses chase to a finish line on a board. They both won little turtles, which they love. Big sister named hers "Cutie" and James named his "Toby".
Big sister took a ride down the big slide all by herself while we cheered her, and then we had a snack:
We spent half an hour at the bubble tables before calling it a day.
Freezing, family fun, and first of many visits!
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