Our long weekend continued with a visit to the Riverside County Fair. Actually, the full name of the event is The Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival. Located in Indio, California, the fairgrounds are about midway between Palm Springs and the southern entrance to Joshua Tree National Park along I-10.
Tessie loves animals, and there were animals in abundance, not just in the agricultural displays and petting zoo:
but also racing. We saw racing pigs (with names like Lindsey Loham, Rush Limhaug and Snoop Piggy-pig):
racing ostriches:
and racing camels (ridden by faux-oil sheiks with stilted accents. I guess political correctness hasn't quite reached certain parts of the Inland Empire):
After the races, we hit the midway so Tessie could enjoy the rides. Alas, we discovered that she did not quite meet the minimum height for most of them, so she had to content herself with a limited selection. You see that she had a blast "driving" by herself:
and making Mommy dizzy:
After a time-out to see the extensive model train exhibit:
we had time for one more ride. This one had signs proclaiming that it had previously been the property of Michael Jackson and operated at Neverland Ranch. Oh, the stories it could tell! [*shudder*] Regardless of its pedigree, there was still a line to get on. Tessie had a lovely ride, and then we bundled her back into the car.
We intended to stop at the Palm Spring Aerial Tram on our way our of town, but Tessie was sound asleep in the back seat as we passed, so we decided to let her be. We'll make that trip another time.
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