Submitted by Jill Kuchle:
It's August, it's hot and it's time again for the Boone County Fair!!! If you are like me, there is nothing like a nice juicy ear of corn, some good ol fashioned country ham, and the demolition derby to make for a fun evening out with the family!! The Boone County Fair is ready to start and includes LOADS for everyone to check out.
Located at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Idlewild Road, in Burlington, the fair runs from August 6 - 11 this year. (However there is a tractor pull on Aug. 4th in the evening!!) If you live in Boone County, enter your kids in the baby show or Little Mr. and Miss Boone County, or other various pagents for the older kids. The fun doesn't stop there though - this year everything from the 4-H animal shows, horse pulling, tractor pulls, hot dog eating contests, bubble gum blowing contests, frog jumping, rides, food, demolition derbies and much, much more will excite just about everyone in the entire family. I know my neices and nephews work hard all spring to get their sheep and cows ready for the fair. It is a great place to take the younger kids too and show them all the animals - especially if they don't live on a farm. 4-H is also a wonderful program to get the kids invloved in. It teaches them how to care for their animals, pride of ownership, responsibility and can even earn them a little cold hard cash!!! (and everyone loves that!!)
This year we plan on going to watch the tractor pulls, the demolition derby, the animal shows and maybe enter my son in the 2 Year Old Baby Contest (we'll see though......).
Admission to the fair is $7 per person for ages 3 and older and includes parking and most of the rides
We hope to see ya'll there!!! For more information on the Boone County Fair visit their website at www.boonecountyfair.org!!!
