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OC Fair 2014 – Orange County, CA

July 13, 2014 by Ole Leave a Comment

The 2014 Orange County Fair opened on July 11th and runs until August 10th. We spent the day at the OC Fair today.

Scroll down for our visual tour.

We took advantage of the early admission price of $3 per ticket, which saved us a total of $36, or $9 per ticket off the regular $12 price.

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With the Pacific Amphitheatre right next door, the OC Fair usually has some good concerts. We might come back to see Bad Religion (one of my favorite bands) on Thursday.

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We started off our day by walking through Centennial Farm.

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This is Butterscotch, a 2-year-old Yorkshire mix (the piglets were born on July 3rd):

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In addition to animals, there are many plants, flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables growing at the farm.

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This is for my wife, since sunflowers are her favorite:

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Just in case you forgot how to do this:

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The OC Fair is pretty big, so you might want to get a map.

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Chicken Charlie’s is one of the places to go if you are looking for the latest fried concoctions.

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We tried the Totally Fried Doritos, which were OK. I would rather just have some plain Doritos.

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We also tried the Totally Fried Chicken Skins, but one bite was too much.

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As far as I’m concerned, Dogsville has the best fair food.

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This is a chili cheese dog on steroids:

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This is my favorite, the awesome jalapeno and cheese corn dog:

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More choices, all covered in bacon:

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Red velvet funnel cake:

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The OC Brew Hee Haw:

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My favorite wood carving of the day:

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Cowabunga.

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We took advantage of the early admission prices, but the games and rides are still expensive. Every game we tried was between 6 and 10 tickets, so even the $100 ticket card probably won’t go too far for a family.

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I save the thrill rides for amusement parks, so my favorite ride at the fair is the sky ride. Here are some pictures from our ride across the fairgrounds:

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For more information, visit http://ocfair.com/.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: beyond riverside, oc fair, orange county fair

2012 OC Fair – Costa Mesa, CA

August 7, 2012 by Ole Leave a Comment

OC Fair - Home Sweet Home

We made our annual trip to the Orange County Fair over the weekend.

As usual, you can find crazy food at the Fair, including deep fried cereal, bacon wrapped everything, tons of meat, and my favorite, the jalapeno and cheese corn dog at Dogzilla.

Bacon A Fair
Charlie's - Fried Cereal
Juicy's
Dogsville

Have you ever been on a ski lift? If not, you can ride one at the Fair… minus the skis, the snow and the mountain. The SkyRide takes you from one end of the fairground to the other:

SkyRide

Once you are on the SkyRide, you get some nice views of the Fair:

OC Fair - Carnival
Action Sports Arena
Main Mall
Main Mall
Family Fair Way
Family Fair - Kid's Rides
Looking toward Centennial Farm
Let Freedom Ring: Steel beam sections from the World Trade Center

Although Budweiser is one of my least favorite beers, I love the Clydesdales:

Budweiser Clydesdales Truck
Dixon

The Fair reopens on Wednesday and runs until Sunday, August 12. There are some pretty big events happening in the Fair’s last week, including the following concerts at the Pacific Amphitheatre:

August 08: All-American Rejects
August 09: Heart
August 10: Martina McBride
August 11: Duran Duran
August 12: “Weird Al” Yankovic

To find out more about the Fair, including upcoming events, visit www.ocfair.com.

We’ll be back next year.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: oc fair, orange county fair

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