Emily and I went to the Johnson County Fair today to watch Karli and Kaylin Burr show their goats. It seems like only in Iowa would you hear kids talking about their goats, cows, chickens, pigs and rabbits like most everyone else would talk about their cats and dogs. The Johnson County Fair might be the only fair left in our area that has stayed true to the tradition of a 4H/FFA Fair. The only admission fee is the cost of the shoes you wear (because if you are not watching your every step you might be throwing them away when you get home!), the largest grandstand event you will find is the Queen Contest and the biggest question is what the Regina stand is serving today.
We love to walk through the barns - although we cannot tell a champion pig from your every day pig and the same with the cows - but we do enjoy looking to see the names of the kids that are familiar to us -then oohing and awwing over how nice that rabbit or chicken looks.
We did stop to take a picture next to the memorial stone that sits next to the flag pole that was placed at the fairgrounds in honor of Gary's mom and dad, Janet and Stanley Feldman. Stanley was very active with the 4H Board and the Johnson County Sheep Board. It is always a nice way for us to start and end our day at the fair.
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