Pumpkin Fair!

21st October
After classes I went with Sam and her friend to the Circleville Pumpkin Show (http://www.pumpkinshow.com/) which is a small town just outside Columbus. Its quite a hillbilly town and it was quite obvious that we were from the city! They have all sorts of food stalls, gifts & clothes set up along the streets. And this is what it will be like until 31st October so pretty inconvenient for the locals! First stop for us was food and tried a 'pumpkin burger' which was tasty. It was more like a sloppy joe mix in a bun and not proper burger texture but it was still good! Then found a stall which sold pumpkin pancakes which again, were delicious especially topped with lots of maple syrup yum yum! I was full at this point which was gutting because Sams friend went to a stall which sold 'funnel cake' which is basically battered dough covered with sugar frosting but its massive and in a nice shape. But at this stall they had deep fried oreos too which looked good but just too much for me. There were some typical fairground rides like big wheel and a caged ride that did not look safe so needless to say we didn't ride on any of them. We got a place to wait for the parade to start. The parade consisted of local high schools and colleges' marching band and cheerleaders. And there were quite a few of them - probably the longest parade I have ever stood in! Then there was a gap in the parade of about half an hour that was all for the Ohio State marching band & cheerleaders. But it was worth it as they stopped infront of us to play out a song. Heading back to the car it was pretty cold at about 10.30pm! I've noticed that here though, when it can get quite hot during the day at this time of year, it's still chilly in the mornings and at night.