Wonderful Time At The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair and Carnival
August 20, 2017
Yesterday, Rex and the kiddos and I went to the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair and Carnival. The Montgomery County Fair is the first fair that we've been to, since living in Maryland. It was very fun and yesterday was actually the last day of the fair. The fair was Rex's idea as he has been working on a building in Gaithersburg, MD for his line of work. He kept seeing the rides from the building he is working on and he suggested we go and check it out. I did research online the previous day about the fair and found that the fairgrounds is very large and that there were many exhibits and rides at the fair.
Gaithersburg is over 45 minutes from the house, but the ride down that way went pretty smooth. Parking was easy and I was happy that I bought the tickets for general admission online so we could bypass the long line to get in. We got to the fair a little after 11:30 am and it was already so hot. It was nice though that it wasn't raining. We got a map of the fairgrounds when we first got in. It was seriously like entering an amusement park! We waited for a couple of minutes to purchase tickets for the carnival part of the fairgrounds and those tickets granted access to the rides. We bought one all-day pass for May and for Nia we bought another for me because she had to go with an adult.
Our first stop was buying water and cold drinks. I wasn't sure if we could bring in drinks but we did carry a bag with pull-ups for Nia and wipes and we certainly we brought cash. After that, we went on the rides. May has become so fearless of rides and slides in recent months. I remember when she was frightened to jump up and down but she's been jumping around and running and going down slides for some time now. May was the good height for many of the rides but she also wanted me to go on with her. Rex went down the fun slide with her. Nia wasn't really enjoying the rides for the ones she was a good height for and with an adult.
Here's May, Nia and I on the first ride:
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| Nia wasn't happy on the ride. |
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| Rex's view, he stood by while we were on many of the rides. |
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| View of part of the Fair. |
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| Rex! |
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| Down the Fun Slide! |
I really liked how the rides were placed when you first walked into the fair. It seemed that more of the rides were suitable for smaller children and as we walked around to the other section of the fairgrounds the rides were for much taller children and adults. May really did well on the Kite Flyer. I was worried and Rex and I shouted for her to hold on tight before the ride started. She did hold on and really enjoyed it!
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| May did that!!! On the Kite Flyer! |
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| Pigs |
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| Hello, Goat! |
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| Petting a rabbit! |
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| Inside the fire truck. |
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| Hi, chicken! |
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| Hello, chickens! |
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| The children of the corn. Hehe. |
Later on, we stopped by the honey bees and purchased local Creamline milk from grass-fed cows.
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| May by the honey bee. |
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| Really good milk! |
Lastly, I thought Nia could go on the Teacup ride but she was too small for the height requirement. May went on the ride all by herself and had fun.
Overall, we really had a good time at the fair. Rex and I think we might try to go next year or at least within the next two years if they have it. In two years, Nia will be taller and May and Nia might possibly go on more rides together. The fair also had a scavenger hunt as well and other contests. We might try to do the scavenger hunt when we go again. Great suggestion Rex!
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