They take their State Fair seriously in Texas!

Each county in Texas is assigned a day off of school so that everyone has a chance to go to the fair. They rotate days throughout the few weeks to spread out the people a little. The kids each got a free ticket at school for it. We had a great time, although it was quite warm, so a few hours there did us just fine. We got to experience riding the second tallest ferris wheel in the world (according to them) called the Texas Star. We rode the sky lift to see all the fair happenings. We, of course, got to meet Big Tex, the 52 foot talking cowboy. Some of us braved the "famous" corn dogs. It was a fun time to spend together as a family!