Photo Op: Fair Play, 9/29/05

From the fine parking tram that greeted us in the parking lot near Gate 17, to the all-in-one Nintendo gaming consoles offering “76,000 games in one” (in actuality 35 games), to the squawking parrots in the tropical garden building, to the mega-high-dive show, to the in-person sighting of Tony the Tiger, to the bevy of animals, to sheep flatulence, to the creeptastic spookhouse and the rides and rip-off games in the FUN ZONE – nope, you just can’t beat it with a stick.

Charles Phoenix may have said it best when he called our county fair Southern California’s best kept secret…

Year after year I begged them to let me go in there. Year after year they said “No, you’re not going in the Fun Zone.” Finally when I got a little older I asked “Why?” I’ll never forget the stern response. “Well son, we’re afraid you’ll be… KNIFED!”

Pleased to report we didn’t get knifed all day long and were only accosted by a scant few creeps. As we creepily accosted a few people ourselves, it all worked out.

LA County Fair Website

Friday: 11 a.m. – midnight
Saturday: 10 a.m. – midnight
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Finally, even if you loathe caged animals and rides that make you hurl your funnel cake, you gotta admit the chance to win a free year of gas is pretty damn appealing. Check the website for discounts and special offers before going.

Bonus Photos
Pat my Head
Funhouse Corridor
Feeding Time
Zonkey & Zebra
“You have to speen it!”
Milk Aisle Closed
Fried Twinkies and Broasted Chicken
(What the Dickens is a Broasted Chicken? It’s this)

Complete photo essay will hopefully be available soon.