I'd like to apologize for my lack of posting, I've been sick (I know, again) a lot recently and I had internet problems but hopefully I've got those all sorted out so I can start posting regularly again.
So a while ago, my boyfriend, my mother, and I took a trip up to my hometown to go see the famous fair they have and also to see some friends! The end result being lots of fun times, lots of heavy horse competitions watched, and lots of Beavertails and poutine were eaten!
One of the big attractions there is the heavy horse competition - basically where heavy horses compete in in hand/conformation, as well as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 horse hitch competitions!
One thing that Jacob could not believe was how loud the pounding of the horses hooves were when they went past in their pairs, well when your hooves are about the size of a large dinner plate (which is further emphasized by scotch bottom shoes*) you can't help but make lots of noise :) but that's part of the whole heavy horse thing, if you're a horse person and think of heavy horses, I'm sure one of the things that come to mind is the pounding and the ground shaking when they go past!
Basically at the fair, there is:
- two heavy horse rings, sometimes with no separation to form one big ring
- rides (rollercoasters, etc)
- games like pop the balloon etc with carnies shouting at you to play
- vendors who sell everything from leather belts to knockoff band tshirts to wood signs
- lots of food vendors (Beavertails!!!!!)
- two light horse rings
- a pavillion where there are the results of the craft/food/agriculture competitions
- small petting zoos
- local businesses advertising
- 4H barns and competitions
- tractor pulls!
- strongman competitions!
- a barn with a massive miniature train set!
I took lots of photos of course, and here are some of my favourites!
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| view of some of the Fair from the top of the Ferris Wheel, you can see the heavy horse rings and the vendors, also on the far right in the "back" the light horse rings |
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| Six Horse Hitch competition! These were a really nice spiffy team of Percherons! |
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| A panorama of the six horse hitch competition! You can see the Ferris Wheel and some of the rides to the right. |
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| A goat that never left Jacob and I, we named it "little girl" :) |
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| there are no words for this picture! It makes me smile every time I see it :) |
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| the petting zoo had these weird geese with... neck fat? This one is staring me down. |
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| This is what it looks like when a goat tries to sniff your camera! |
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| a chameleon in the reptile booth! |
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| a pair of gorgeous Clydesdales! |
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| A gorgeous young draft horse! |
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| a view of some of the six horse hitches from the top of the Ferris wheel - there were so many in the class they had to split the class in half and do each separately! |
Anyways, I have lots of nail posts coming up, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about those! I've also been cooking lots since I've been sick, and I have lots of recipes that I could share on here which I just might end up doing!
Have a fantastic weekend :)
Julie xo
