Historic tradition is for Dallas and surrounding suburbs to give students 1 day off during the State Fair of Texas in October. Garland Schools got Monday, Oct. 4th off from school and a free ticket to attend the Fair. After several starts and stops in getting everyone coordinated, Grant & 3 friends scheduled to board DART Blue Line at 8:50, ride to Pearl Street Station and then Transfer to Green Line and exit at Fair Park Station. This is the second year DART train is able to take Fair-goers from Garland down to SE Dallas to see Big Tex - host of the Fair, and all the attractions - saving gas and parking dollars big-time, plus parking hassles.
Even without parking, money flows quickly out of the pockets at the State Fair, but Grant managed to get it all done for just $40. Including must-have samplings of "Fair Food" [Translation: Deep Fried EVERYTHING] Years past have featured Fried Coke, Fried Twinkies, Fried PB&J, Fried Peach Cobbler, Fried Guacamole, Fried Pop Tarts ... Grant's "Fair Food" included funnel cake (fried), Root Beer (Fried Lone Star Beer this year is off-limits for under 21 crowd), Hamburger (grilled!) and for dessert - Chicken Fried Bacon. He took in the car show & got photos in the driver's seat of a 2010 Corvette and Camaro. Also rode The Texas Star (largest Ferris Wheel in North America) and saw the open air Bird Show, with a variety of trained birds that sometimes do what their handlers want them to do, and sometimes not. Returned on the DART train and sat across the aisle from Jason Castro (and his entourage), runner-up contestant on TV's American Idol. Arrived home by 7. A fair day.
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