Cowichan Fair, And You-Know-What

[deane]

Yesterday alix and I went to the Cowichan Fair, at their brand-spanking-new fairground just north of Duncan. I've been to Nanaimo's agricultural fair a couple of times but this was my first time at Cowichan's, so I can't say how the new grounds compare to the old, but they were pretty darned good. Nicely laid out, a place for everything and everything in its place.

As is the way with such fairs, there were lots of little things of interest but nothing earth shattering. The most remarkable item was probably one of the live bands playing on the stage, Group Social. I can't find a web-page for them, so I hope I got the name right. They were quite good and did some excellent covers of popular 80's and 90's rock hits.

Some other highlights:

• The prize-winning sunflower was twice my height.


• There were food stands selling falafel, curry and pad thai. At a county agricultural fair. How cool is that?


• A kid asked his mom, "Why are these rabbits so big?". "They're meat bunnies," she replied. "What's a meat bunny?" Oh innocent youth.


• One of the goats had chewed halfway through one of the timbers holding his pen together. On the plus side, he had one more day of fair in which to complete his work and make good his escape. On the minus side, he'd exposed the sharp ends of several brass screws and was in danger of cutting his mouth on them.
  

The weather was great: cool and overcast. I hate wandering around a fairground in the baking sun. It did eventually start to rain toward the end of our visit, but just a light sprinkle which didn't really affect us.

Today the light sprinkle turned to a heavy drizzle. Despite yesterday's outing I was feeling antsy and wanted to get out of the house again, so I threw on my raincoat and went geocaching. Got soaked despite the rain gear but managed to pick up three more caches, bringing my total to 126.