As much of a disappointment the chocolate-covered bacon is, the Beal Street Blues Band is quite a treat. They also call themselves the Yank Rachell Tribute Band.
Of course, the peach slider slush was wonderful as usual.
Showing posts with label county fairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label county fairs. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Green, Indiana
One amusing coincidence I discovered this week (purely by coincidence!) is that of the four (now ten, see the updates below) "Green" towns & cities I'm aware of in Indiana, three are hosting county fairs this week.
I hope to hit Greentown tomorrow, completing my personal trifecta, having been to Greensburg and Greenfield already this week.
(How was the discovery of this coincidence a coincidence? I was driving from the Fulton county fair Tuesday to Peru for their Circus festival when I heard a promo for the Howard county fair on a Peru radio station.)
Update: Out of curiosity, I googled "Greenville Indiana" and discovered there is such a place. Per Wikipedia, it was supposed to be the county seat for Floyd county, which hosted its fair last week. Darned New Albany meddler.
PPS: It occurred to me that Wikipedia would be a good way to figure out how many other Greens I missed. Per the Towns / Cities in Indiana categories, there are ten in all: Greencastle, Greendale, Greenfield, Greensburg, Greenwood, Greens Fork, Greensboro, Greentown, Greenville, and Etna Green. I can only imagine how fun it is to tell people you're from Etna Green, Indiana.
- Greenfield, Hancock County, July 10-17
- Greensburg, Decatur County, July 10-17
- Greentown, Howard County, July 13-19
I hope to hit Greentown tomorrow, completing my personal trifecta, having been to Greensburg and Greenfield already this week.
(How was the discovery of this coincidence a coincidence? I was driving from the Fulton county fair Tuesday to Peru for their Circus festival when I heard a promo for the Howard county fair on a Peru radio station.)
Update: Out of curiosity, I googled "Greenville Indiana" and discovered there is such a place. Per Wikipedia, it was supposed to be the county seat for Floyd county, which hosted its fair last week. Darned New Albany meddler.
PPS: It occurred to me that Wikipedia would be a good way to figure out how many other Greens I missed. Per the Towns / Cities in Indiana categories, there are ten in all: Greencastle, Greendale, Greenfield, Greensburg, Greenwood, Greens Fork, Greensboro, Greentown, Greenville, and Etna Green. I can only imagine how fun it is to tell people you're from Etna Green, Indiana.
Tourism 101
I'm on a quest to visit all the county fairs in Indiana. Not this year specifically, but someday.
Now, let me ask you this: how difficult should it be to locate the county fairgrounds?
Marion County has a difficult to reach location, but it's easy to identify on a map, and their website has a map on the front page.
Most counties don't have a dedicated website for their fairgrounds, but many have information available through Purdue, and others through local newspapers, chambers of commerce, etc.
But they apparently assume that if you want to go, you already know where you're going.
Look at Clinton County, for example. So far as I can tell, the best place to look for information is here, via Purdue.
They have an address in Frankfort for contact information. Is this the fairgrounds? Beats me. I've been reduced in some occasions to looking at satellite imagery for addresses to see if it looks promising.
One of the best (well, one of the only) general resources is Countyfairgrounds, USA, but they can't pinpoint many of them closer than a town/city name.
I've have spent literally hours looking for fairgrounds before/during my excursions, and I've been to only 6 so far this week. C'mon, Hoosiers, you can do better than this.
Update: Of course, now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'm having better success with the Purdue Extension website. There is a "Directions" link associated with most (all?) counties that I had previously not noticed or had ignored that has addresses for the fairgrounds.
Now, let me ask you this: how difficult should it be to locate the county fairgrounds?
Marion County has a difficult to reach location, but it's easy to identify on a map, and their website has a map on the front page.
Most counties don't have a dedicated website for their fairgrounds, but many have information available through Purdue, and others through local newspapers, chambers of commerce, etc.
But they apparently assume that if you want to go, you already know where you're going.
Look at Clinton County, for example. So far as I can tell, the best place to look for information is here, via Purdue.
They have an address in Frankfort for contact information. Is this the fairgrounds? Beats me. I've been reduced in some occasions to looking at satellite imagery for addresses to see if it looks promising.
One of the best (well, one of the only) general resources is Countyfairgrounds, USA, but they can't pinpoint many of them closer than a town/city name.
I've have spent literally hours looking for fairgrounds before/during my excursions, and I've been to only 6 so far this week. C'mon, Hoosiers, you can do better than this.
Update: Of course, now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'm having better success with the Purdue Extension website. There is a "Directions" link associated with most (all?) counties that I had previously not noticed or had ignored that has addresses for the fairgrounds.
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