The Kane County Fair

We went to the Kane County Fair today. It was a lot smaller and less of a big deal than I expected, since we are on the edge of such a rural part of the country. But they did have the 4-H club and the kid's animals on display, and that was always my favorite part of any fair. And the cows were the best!

They get lots of grooming before they go into the show ring.

This was my favorite cow-and-owner pair:

There was also a mechanical bull to ride:

There were pigs, which are never too great to visit--they smell and they are just too much like people to be pleasant;

There were rabbits,and horses, (which we skipped as being not exotic enough), and there were chickens:

And there were...tigers? I thought the cages didn't look too strong, but the tigers looked well-fed and the weather was too hot for pouncing on humans.

There were sheep:

And a very patient sheepdog, waiting for his owner to come back, possibly with ice cream.