The Texas State Fair

It's something about when my sister comes to visit, we always get unseasonably cold weather.  One time they came for Easter and we got snow...in Texas!  Columbus Day weekend was no different.  We bundled up in sweaters, coats and hats and boarded the train to downtown Dallas to experience all of the excitement at the Texas State Fair.

 

 

We enjoyed good times and great fried food!  You name it.  They fry it.  Everything from fried beer to fried Snickers and everything in between.

 

 

 

 

 

About a week after our visit to the fair, Big Tex, the big guy in the background of these last two photos burned.  He was a 60 year old icon for the Texas state fair.  Go here http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/state-fair-of-texas/headlines/20121019-big-tex-burns-got-a-rather-tall-cowboy-with-all-his-clothes-burned-off.ece  to read all about it.