Prescott Place

This was Nolan’s fourth time to visit the State Fair of Texas, but this really felt like the first time he really understood what was going on. In previous years he’d pretty much do anything and was just happy to tag along. This year he was very much into the rides, games, and other assorted craziness that goes along with the Fair.

Before we even set foot inside Fair Park, Nolan was already begging to ride the bumper cars because he knew his friend Brady had already ridden them. As we all know, if it involves cars, Nolan is into it. Fortunately we entered the Fair near the car show. The first thing Nolan saw was an outdoor Nissan truck exhibit. That’s like Disneyworld for him. He repeatedly asked both of us “CAN WE GET IN THOSE TRUCKS?” so we cut through the exhibit hall to let him look at some cars.

It wasn’t too long before the lure of the bumper cars overtook him and we were off to the Midway. Along the way Nolan pointed out everything that interested him, which was practically everything we saw. There was a Ford F-150 hanging from a pole about 50 feet in the air. Nolan’s only comment was “Daddy, trucks shouldn’t hang like that. That’s not safe. What’s that truck doing up there?” He wasn’t amazed in any way. He was just concerned that someone had strung up a perfectly good truck for no apparent reason.

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