Emily and I were able to make it up to the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg to catch great, grimey food, stomach-churning rides and Southern California’s own, the Beach Boys.

No chicken barn this year, however, for fear of avian flu. (I guess they were too chicken.) Hogs and goats were out in full force (the ones of large girth, as you can see from the picture, were given special permission to ride solo–no one complained). We even bumped into two familiar faces by the bathrooms, Chris & Rhea.