State Fair

Columbia holds the State Fair each year. Last year I didn't go. My reasoning was that I had tests and meetings and in reality I know that I just wasn't ready for it. But this year, well I figured I was as ready as I was ever going to be and it was time to jump into this cultural experience!

Let me just preface this by saying that I was not prepared for what awaited me. The only thing I have to compare the State Fair to are German fests. German fests have lots of beer, lots of food, and rides. This is what I expected going into the State Fair but instead of German food and beer there would be fried food and more kid rides. I'm telling you I was ready for the crazy amounts of fried foods and the legendary krispy kreme burger! My lovely friends however forgot to mention there were almost more animals than people in the fair. AND that there would be agricultural/farming/animal competitions. Before this I never realized that one ear of corn could be better than other or that there were so many different types of chickens. It was a learning experience to say the least.