The North Carolina State Fair!!!

I love the fair.  Like seriously LOVE it!  One visit each year just isn't enough!  I always have my list of foods I need to eat and depending on how full I get, sometimes I just need an extra day to get my fix.  Poor Kevin; after an entire season of traveling to fairs all over the country, it's just not his favorite place, but he sticks with me because he knows how much I love it!

This year, we missed the first weekend because we were up in Vermont for my brother-in-law's wedding, but we didn't let that mess up our flow!  We went for the first time on the last Friday of the fair and then again on the last Sunday of the fair!

Here's how we do the fair...
Stop 1 is always corn!  The best roasted corn is the far one when you come in the mill gate (gate 8) near yesteryear.  It's beside the big strawberry!

Don't blink, or the corn is GONE!  Rocking the Labatt Blue hat again!  I just love it!

Stop 2 is always a ham biscuit.  The best ones are on the main drag headed towards Dorton Arena, the Pittsboro Kiwanis booth near the hotdog stand from Four Oaks.

This year, stop 3 was pickles in the Education building.  We went to look at the cake submissions and I got myself weighed on the NC Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services scale and then we got Mt. Olive Pickles (guessed the amount in the jar) and got some Maple Cotton Candy to go!

Stop 4 was cheese curds!  The best Wisconsin cheese this side of Wisconsin!  It's so stringy and so good dipped in Ranch dressing.  You have to head towards the big ostrich to find the cheese stand!

We ended out the evening with a visit to the animals in the Exposition Center and a look at the biggest pumpkin and other produce there before grabbing a mint chocolate chip milkshake from the NCSU booth.

Howling Cow is the BEST!

Then we took a stroll through the Village of Yesteryear and grabbed a hot apple cider down by the mill and walked around the flower gardens waiting for the fireworks.

Hot Apple Cider with the fireworks always rounds out a great evening at the fair!

Sunday, we jumped in again! 
We started the day with Roasted Corn again!  This time we each got our own ear!

Al's French Fries was next.  I've never had them, but I've always heard great things about them and they were AMAZING!

With vinegar and ketchup-so good!

Our third stop was a steak sandwich from the Butcher Boys!

Yummy!

Lastly, we rounded out the day with mini cinnamon and sugar donuts.  They were SOOO good!

We walked around the Kerr Scott building to look at the art submissions before grabbing a caramel apple and heading home!

I love the fair!!