My sister and her kids are visiting us from from New York so that’s why Heather and I took the day off work. After our ride this morning, we went to the Western Idaho Fair. I hadn’t been to a fair since I was a kid so and being in Idaho I wasn’t sure what to expect. Well, it was a pretty standard fair with the usual rides and then some really scary looking ones. It was hot in the sun and with little shade, standing around watching the kids go on rides probably didn’t help my recovery from this morning’s workout.

Heather and I ended up going on a couple rides ourselves. I realized that I really don’t like rides, especially ones that go round-and-round. Heather went on a ride called the Fireball that looked so crazy that I wouldn’t go on it. She said it was fun and she enjoyed it but you couldn’t tell from watching — she was clutching her hat the whole time so it wouldn’t fly off!

Another interesting attraction was the 4×4 demo with all kinds of rock crawling Jeeps and other vehicles. It was put on by the Idaho Off-Road club of Boise. The announcers did a good job of explaining how the drivers navigate terrain like this and what kind of vehicles it takes to do it. Some of the boulders were pretty huge and it was amazing how they get over them!

After a few hours at the fair we returned home and had dinner. Since we were stamped so we could return later, Heather and I went back in the evening and saw Chicago in concert. We were too late to get seats so that meant more standing but when else would we be able to go see a concert for practically free!?