The first full day in California dawned sunny and bright. When Dennis and I were still living in California, we would head to the Ventura County Fair every year - we loved the aquarium buildings, looking at the animals, and the rice bowls sold by one of the vendor carts.
We went with my mom and used the park-and-ride, since the fair lot was full. It was fun to walk around - Matt wanted to look at the pigs, so we watched a pig competition where the pigs tried to sniff out truffles.
After watching the pigs run around the arena, we headed to the midway. The kids were desperate to do the rides. They had a lot more rides than our local Chautauqua County Fair - some of these fair rides were very high thrill. Nolan was pleased that he made the 42" height requirement - he's nearly 41" barefoot, so his shoes made up the difference!
First up: the Superman ride. This was a cool version of the standard ride-goes-in-a-circle attraction. Nolan and Matt really got a kick out of "flying" around in circles.
Nolan wanted to ride the trucks, so he headed over to the Big Rigs with Dennis.
Matt got in line with Grandma to ride the bumper boats. These were really cute and Matt had a great time.
Both boys wanted to ride this "off-road" style truck. They had a great time bumping along the track.
At the end of the day, we had six tickets left. Fortunately, the giant slide cost three tickets per rider. Matt zoomed down first.
Nolan came down after his brother, laughing the entire way down.
We rode the bus back to the park and ride, then headed home. It was so wonderful to leave the boys with my parents while we went out to dinner on our own - followed by shoe shopping. My shoelaces had been eaten by our dog the day before we flew, so I was in desperate need of better foot ware. Dennis is training for another marathon and he had literally worn holes in his shoes - so he picked up a new pair, too.
Next up: A trip to San Diego and Lego Land California!
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