The Show

It is one of the biggest events in Adelaide (at least since we have been here) - and if I didn't know better I would have said I was at the Montana state fair. Although there were no Indian Tacos, there were corn dogs, fried potatoes and lots of good people watching. There were also the bulls, alpacas, goats, and all the other great show animals.

The Show originally started as an Ag fair for all the farmers and ranchers from the Hills to come into town and show off what they had been working on all year. They still do the competitions (none of which we attended), but it has expanded into your typical carnie affair. Sketchy rides and games you can never win galore (but yes we were tempted and no I still have no big stuffed animal).

One main difference to the MT fair was that there were no beer gardens (and no Bad Larry's - of which neither of them are named Larry). To substitute the beer gardens, Adelaide brought in what they do best...wine. You could (and we did) try about every type of wine that is made in the state (which is quite a bit)...and better yet, they held wine tasting classes so you could increase the number of adjectives in your vocabulary to describe wine. My favorite? Herbaceous.

The biggest thing at The Show are the infamous Show Bags. What is a show bag you ask? Well to tell you the truth I'm still a bit confused. You walk into a gigantic building and there are all different bags that you can purchase ranging from $12 to $30. Each bag had a theme and was filled with crap related to the theme. For instance you could by (and Keith did) a Skittles show bag that was filled with all the different skittle packs you can imagine. Or there was a black angle show bag filled with a black halo, black wings and a bright pink wig. There was also the all man show bag (good thing Simone purchased this one or I might not have known about it) containing two Sports Illustrated type magazines, an energy drink, and a thing of easy mac. Mark and I did walk around for a good 15 minutes and decided that we would pass on the show bags this year (to ponder until next year).

And that was The Show - a good time to share with our new friends who are turning into our family. Can't wait to see what the other festivals are going to bring.