Wayne County Fair

I think there may have been more food trucks than rides, but I did walk away with a pretty good corn dog. Plus, I won a little stuffed toucan. Who wouldn’t like that?

Wow, really? I have to say, I was totally bummed out by my visit to the Wayne County fair. I’ve never been to a county fair, but I’ve driven past many, and I’ve known lots of County Fair-​type folks who love them. And so here is what I envisioned (Oh, wait, their WEBSITE helped me envision this, too!):
Lots of rides… think Long Island church festival quality
Lots of games
Lots of food
Lots of people
Lots of stuff to do and see
Instead, what I got were a few rickety rides, a few games, I don’t know if I saw much food other than the obligatory white metal box selling funnel cake, cotton candy, etc. There weren’t many people or much to see or do.
That being said, we did have some fun. I am prone to motion sickness and so rides aren’t my thing but I’ve always wanted to go on a real ferris wheel. By real I mean: not a kiddie one and not one like at Navy Pier in Chicago while where it’s tall it goes so slowly you’re not sure you’re moving.
The Wayne County Fair did offer a Ferris Wheel, but it was sketchily old and had these white metal mesh wing-​type things that prevented a good view or pictures. The fact that it was only us and two other people on our go-​round was a little disconcerting, too. I don’t know… at least I went on my first real Ferris Wheel, right?
I was hoping for a Tilt-​A-​Whirl… another right I’ve been wanting to try out (the first time I was 4 and I cried the whole time because I felt so ill) but they didn’t have one. I love the Tea Cups (at Disney) so we tried the Tornado, which is essentially eight arms holding eight pods of four seats that go around, up and down in a set motion and have a spinny thing. The mix of up down, around was enough. I didn’t need spin. I could see this being a little boring for someone who DOESN“T get motion sick. For the ride afficionado, the Wayne County Fair doesn’t seem to offer much.
They had contests, crafts and a Mary Kay table (don’t ask me, I’m just reporting) but we didn’t check out that stuff. Over on the track there was a dirt bike show going on that looked pretty cool.
Luckily it was only $ 2 to park and the rides took 3 or 4 tix each (dollar each) because the fair was, at best, disappointing. They need to consider making it bigger and better in order to stimulate Wayne County’s miserable economy.