Elliot's 2nd grade class was invited to make rock animals to enter into the art competition at the Pima County Fair. Naturally, he decided to make a jellyfish with a moustache. He got a first place sticker for it! Granted, there were several first place level rocks, and he wasn't the overall winner. It was still a cool experience for him to go find his art in the big display tent!
As we walked into the fair and were looking around for the art competition tent, we stumbled upon a stunt show by the Nerveless Nocks. It absolutely blew our minds. Apparently these guys almost won America's Got Talent. The group had a brother and sister in their 20's and their dad who was in his 50's. The dad was doing hand stands on precariously balanced chair stacks and climbing up a 60ft sway pole like it was nothing.
The son is a motorcycle daredevil. He specializes in the cage and has been performing in them since he was a little kid. He went upside down in the sphere cage, around the edges, and then did some stunts with his dad on another motorcycle in the same cage.
The daughter did some sweet acrobatics on a high swing thing.
In a milder performance, this bird lady had a parrot that sang "rock-a-bye baby."
There was also a seal show, but we missed that one. I didn't realize how much cool stuff there was at the fair! I always stayed away because I thought it was mostly overpriced and underwhelming rides, but apparently the way to go is to get the entrance tickets and then see the shows and 4-H section.
I could have spent hours wandering the aisles of livestock, especially the chickens. Annie was less enthralled with the stinky barn.
The building next to the live animals had some really cool displays by 4-H and other organizations. They had tons of kid activities and displays about how things are made.
Isaac was quite pleased with the tractor display.
Who doesn't love a good astronaut
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