California State Fair 2007

Some images from this year's fair. In general, I liked this year's fair better than last year's, mostly because of the llamas, but also because attendance seemed to be lower, and thus the experience was more pleasant - less crowding.

We speculated that maybe attendance seemed to be off because of the same tired set of vendors showing up every year that people saw in years before, but who is to say for sure. The displays seemed to be good, and the animals are always entertaining.

Memorable T-shirts:
On a ten-year-old girl: "Too much drama for your mama."
On a woman in her mid-thirties: "Keep staring and I might just do a trick."

Overheard:
Teenage girl to her boyfriend: "That's not what I said, white boy."


Pirates of the Midway - Chris Petersen, Scott Sablan, Andrew Lemons, and Ryan Tidwell menace DMTC Co-producer Steve Isaacson with light sabers.


Three-day-old piglets just wanna have fun.


Cal Expo water tower.


Fireworks.


End of the evening in the west parking lot. Often, in years past at this time of night, the air is hazy from the dust raised by departing vehicles as they traverse the dirt roads and lots. This year, most of the haze resulted from the phosphorous- and sulfur-laden fireworks smoke drifting across the lot.