Redneck Mecca

Have I mentioned that October is a crazy month for us. Seriously, it is busier than December for the Adams household. Last night we made our annual pilgrimage to redneck Mecca - the Arkansas State Fair. I will admit that it is nasty, crowded, and overpriced, but we all love it!

No trip to the fair is complete without...

(1) riding the Ferris wheel - unless you are like Jeff and scared of it. He will ride anything else at any theme park, but is terrified this one!

(2) Eating the biggest, greasiest corn dog you can find...

(3) Riding the Tilt-a-Whirl until you want to throw up your aforementioned corn dog...
and (4) finishing off the evening with a novel fair dessert. I looked unsuccessfully for the "Cheesecake on a Stick" trailer. (If you've never had it, you do not know what you are missing. It is a frozen slice of cheesecake, impaled with a skewer, and dipped in chocolate - truly a dessert-lover's paradise! And I can say that with authority.)

The kids wanted Dippin' Dots, but I wanted something that you can not find at the mall, so Jeff set off to find us some more appropriate fair fare. This is what he found:
I didn't even believe him when he told me about it, so I asked him to go back and take a picture. I didn't realize until I saw the picture that it was called "Pig Licker". That makes it infinitely more disgusting! I didn't go see it for myself because I was repulsed by the idea of chocolate-covered meat.

After that, I gave up on my quest for fair dessert and shared some of Ashley's Dippin' Dots. It was no Cheesecake on a Stick but surely better than the Chocolate Dipped Bacon!