Fun At The Colorado State Fair 2015

Sep 9th Fun At The Colorado State Fair

Though the Colorado State Fair is gone, the memories linger on. After finishing up edits on one project and completing the manuscript for another, I gave myself a day off and went to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo with my husband. He was working a booth so I was free to wander endlessly through the fairgrounds.

It wasn’t long before Wild About Monkeys caught my attention. According to their trainers, Kevin and Martina Keith, some of these primates have performed in Rock of Ages and Evan Almighty. Mickey the Baboon, Rico the Capuchin Monkey, plus a baby Capuchin were the stars of the show for me. The Baboon poked fun at his trainer every chance he got. There was also a dog whose antics with a little girl from the audience were hilarious. It was a free show and very entertaining.

Aquila the Golden Eagle is a very large and regal bird. She arrived at the center thirty-one years ago via a mail truck from Grand Junction. She’d been struck by a semi-truck while feeding on the side of the road. The driver, bless his heart, stopped and took the eagle to a local rehab center who treated and arranged her transport to Pueblo. Aquila has been a foster mom to eaglets and remains one of the ambassador birds for the center. Founded in 1981, Nature & Raptor Center of Pueblo is happy to provide tours or even bring a raptor to your classroom. For more information, call 719-549-2414.

My final stop for the day was America’s Got Talent winners, Olate Dogs. The dogs’ performances, as well as that of their human trainers, were fantastic! From normal dog tricks to comedic interaction and then a doggie fashion show, the entertainment was fun for all ages.
On the way back, I stopped to get a funnel cake. This should have been uneventful. Right? Oh, no not in my case, things had gone far to smooth all day. As I rounded the corner to the booth, the cooling fan on high, blew all — well ok — most of the powdered sugar off the funnel cake onto me, my clothes, and the black cloths draped over the tables. If that wasn’t bad enough, the couple in the next booth, selling shop tools, roared with laughter and my own husband smirked trying to keep a grin from his face. But the funnel cake was still delicious!