road trip...

the north carolina state fair started october 13th

and goes through till the 23rd.

being from california and having gone to the california state fair

a few times we wanted to experience north carolinas state fair.

so we took a little road trip to raleigh...

there were lots and lots of agriculture stuff to be seen...

as to be expected at a state fair...

a 522.8 pound pumpkin and a 282 pound watermelon

were among the many...

oh, and lots of animals...

but the girls weren't too interested in walking through that section

because the smell didn't exactly make it very welcoming.

however...

we did buy the traditional fair food stuff...

cotton candy and a caramel apple....

along with kettle corn...

and blooming onions!

two of my favorites.

we finished walking through in about 2 hours...

it was a good one time experience...

i can say i've been there, done that, and i can now cross it off my 

list of things to do

while living in north carolina.