Big Fresno Fair

This week four of my co-workers and I went to the Big Fresno Fair for the Western Fairs Association Feature Fair Tour. We left on Thursday morning on a bus with 40 other fair employees. 40 more people joined our group when we arrived in Fresno. There were people from Alaska, Canada as well as California & Arizona. We were greeted by the fair manager and our adventure began. We had a VIP tour of the fair with lots of free food and fun activities. Our first day ended with speakers and a reception in the Turf Club.

Friday started at Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls (Yum!) Then we were off to the livestock barns where we witnessed the birth of a lamb. We had a tour of the racetrack and the VIP lounge. We had VIP seats for the horse races and our whole group was invited to the winner's circle after the forth race!

It was such a fun trip and I was pleasantly surprised at how beautiful and clean this fair is. I don't think I have ever eaten this much fair food in my life and the best part was it was all free! We even had lots of food tickets left and we had a great time searching for families to give them to. It was fun to see their faces light up when we offered them the tickets for free pizza, BBQ chicken, hamburgers and garlic fries.

We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel & it was beautiful. My room overlooked the pool and cabana.

Here we are in front of the Pirate ship. It really reminded me of Disneyland with all the waterfalls and beautiful greenry. There was a tree house nearby and an old western town.
L to R Me, Cailee, Sharon, Angie, Deanna

The girls again at the racetrack before the crowd got there. They made us wear these ugly shirts. We felt like sanitation workers or convicts!
Here we are in front of a bear carving on food row.
This is for Angie & my grandsons. These guys reminded us of Handy Manny. Their names were Moe, Manny & Jack!

I am exhausted, my feet are killing me & I feel like I have gained 10 pounds, but I would do it again if I ever got the chance!